Neumünster station

Neumünster station
Through station

Location	Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Coordinates	54°04′33″N 9°58′48″E / 54.075955°N 9.97988°E / 54.075955; 9.97988Coordinates: 54°04′33″N 9°58′48″E / 54.075955°N 9.97988°E / 54.075955; 9.97988
Line(s)	Neumünster–Flensburg Neumünster–Heide Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster–Kiel Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe Neumünster–Kaltenkirchen–Hamburg-Eidelstedt Neumünster–Ascheberg (closed)
Other information
Station code	4420
DS100 code	AN
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1844

Neumünster station is the main railway station of the town of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is at the junction of lines to Flensburg, Heide, Hamburg-Altona, Kiel, Bad Oldesloe, Kaltenkirchen and until 1985 Ascheberg. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 2 station.

The station was opened in 1844 by the Altona-Kiel Railway Company (German: Altona-Kieler Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, AKE) during the construction of the first railway line in Schleswig-Holstein, which connected Kiel with Altona. Soon, more lines were added: in 1845 the route to Rendsburg was opened by the Rendsburg-Neumünster Railway Company (Rendsburg-Neumünstersche Eisenbahn). In 1866 the AKE opened its line to Ascheberg and on to Neustadt in Holstein (part of which is now incorporated in the Kiel–Lübeck line) and in 1875 it opened its line to Bad Oldesloe. Finally in 1877 the line to and from Heide was opened by the West Holstein Railway Company (Westholsteinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft). The AKN Railway reached Neumünster in 1916, but at first its trains terminated in Neumünster-Süd station.