Rheda-Wiedenbrück station

Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Junction station
Main building
Location	Bahnhofsplatz 18, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°51′26″N 8°17′18″E / 51.85722°N 8.28833°E / 51.85722; 8.28833Coordinates: 51°51′26″N 8°17′18″E / 51.85722°N 8.28833°E / 51.85722; 8.28833
Line(s)	Hamm–Minden Warendorf Railway
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	5247
DS100 code	ERDW
IBNR	8000315
Category	4
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1847
Services
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station Oelde toward Cologne/Bonn Airport RE 6 Rhein-Weser-Express Gütersloh Hbf toward Minden Hbf Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Herzebrock toward Münster Hbf RB 67 Der Warendorfer Gütersloh Hbf toward Bielefeld Hbf Oelde toward Münster Hbf RB 69 Ems-Börde-Bahn Gütersloh Hbf toward Bielefeld Hbf

Rheda-Wiedenbrück station is a passenger station in the Westphalian town of Rheda-Wiedenbrück in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the Hamm–Minden railway, one of the most heavily trafficked lines in Germany. The Warendorf Railway branches off to the west to Münster. The section of the Warendorf Railway running east to Lippstadt is now closed. The station is located north of central Rheda.

As part of the construction of its trunk line from Cologne via the Ruhr valley to Minden, the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) opened the Hamm–Minden line on 15 October 1847, including the Rheda-Wiedenbrück station, originally called Rheda in Westfalen.

After the nationalisation of the nominally private railway companies, the section from Warendorf via Rheda to Lippstadt of the Warendorf Railway was completed on 25 June 1887, originally crossing the railway station and the existing line at an acute angle. The northern section of the line between Munster and Rheda was controlled by the Royal Railway Division of Cologne Right Bank (Königlichen Eisenbahndirection Cöln rechtsrheinisch), the southern section to Lippstadt, however, was controlled by the Royal Railway Division of Hanover (Königlichen Eisenbahndirection Hannover).

In the following years there were several changes to the competent Railway Division. At the end of the 19th century, the station's name changed to Rheda (Bezirk Minden). Even before the First World War the station was again renamed as Rheda (Westfalen).

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