Münster Central Station
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Münster Hauptbahnhof
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Station hall seen from street
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| Location | Berliner Platz 8-10, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°57′24″N 7°38′6″E / 51.95667°N 7.63500°ECoordinates: 51°57′24″N 7°38′6″E / 51.95667°N 7.63500°E |
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| Platforms | 9 (1 closed) |
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| Station code | 4280 |
| DS100 code | EMST |
| IBNR | 8000263 |
| Category | 2 |
| Website | www.bahnhof.de |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 October 1890 |
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| 1930 | renovated |
| 1945 | destroyed |
| 1958 | rebuilt |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 65,000 |
Münster Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city of Münster in Germany.
The original Münster station was opened in 1848 by the Münster-Hamm Railway Company, when it opened by the Münster–Hamm railway to the then capital of the Prussian Province of Westphalia as a terminus of its branch line from Hamm, where it connected with Cologne-Minden trunk line. The railway was opened with a ceremonial run on 25 May 1848. The station building was erected in front of the Servatii-Tor (gate) between the modern streets of Wolbecker Straße and Albersloher Weg.
About a month after the opening passenger services were added to the freight traffic on the line. However, the new means of transport was not particularly successful in the early years. On average 100 passengers per train were recorded.
In 1855, the Münster-Hamm Railway Company was taken over in 1855 by the Prussian government-funded Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE). This led to a shortening of travel times, because through trains now ran from Warburg to Munster.
In 1856 the Münster–Rheine railway was opened. This line connected at Rheine with the Hanoverian Western Railway, connecting Löhne, Rheine and Emden.
The concession for the construction of the railway connection from the Ruhr area and Venlo via Münster to Hamburg was awarded in 1866 to the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME). The Wanne–Munster section of this route was opened in 1870. It was extended to Osnabrück in 1871 /and to Hamburg in 1874. So Munster now had direct access to the German North Sea ports. The CME built its Münster station east of the KWE station. This station was designed as a stopgap, so that a single station could be built for both railways.
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