Borken (Westf) station

Borken (Westf) station (German: Bahnhof Borken (Westf)) is the main station of the town of Borken and important transport hub of west Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Borken (Westf)
Terminus
General information
LocationBorken, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates51°50′55″N 6°51′56″E / 51.84861°N 6.86556°E / 51.84861; 6.86556
Line(s)
Platforms1
Other information
Station code785[1]
DS100 codeEBK[2]
Category6[1]
Fare zoneWestfalentarif: 57651[3]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened21 June 1880 [4]
Services
Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station
Terminus RE 14 Marbeck-Heiden
towards Essen Hbf

Borken station is a former railway junction on the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railway, the Empel-Rees–Münster railway and the Borken–Steinfurt railway. Since 1996, it has been the terminus of the only section of the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line that is still operating.

History edit

The Dutch Westphalian Railway (NWE) began to build its Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line in 1878. It opened it together with the line from Borken-Gemen station as a through station on 21 June 1880. It was named Borken (Westphalia) station on 6 March 1883.[4]

The Prussian state railways (PSE) took over the line of the NWE in 1889. On 1 August 1902, it opened the Empel-Rees–Münster railway from Bocholt station, making Borken station into a railway junction. Just two months later, on 1 October 1902, the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (Westphalian Lands Railway, WLE) opened its terminus of the Borken–Steinfurt line nearby. On 1 October 1904, the PSE opened the Borken-Coesfeld section of the Empel-Rees–Münster line.

Operations edit

Borken station is now served only by a single Regional-Express service. This is like a Stadt-Express service, as it stops on the section south of Gladbeck West only at the most important stations, while each station is served on the northern section:[5] [6]

Line Route Operator Frequency
RE 14 Emscher-Münsterland-Express Borken – Hervest-Dorsten – Dorsten – Gladbeck West Bottrop – Essen NWB 30 min

Bus services edit

Line Route
713 Borken station - Borken Alter Kirchplatz - Reken station - Reken Babarastr. - Klein Reken
723 Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck-Heiden station - Marbeck Bente - Borken station
724 Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Denkmal - Marbeck-Heiden station - Rhade station
751 Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Ramsdorf Ortsmitte - Holthausen Schule - Nordvelen Schlatt - Velen Ellinghaus
753 Borken Wilbecke - Borken station - Weseke Schlückersring - Stadtlohn Wessendorf - Wüllen Am Spieker - Ahaus station
754 Borken Jeanette-Wolf-Str. - Borken station - Borken Kettelerstr. - Borkenwirthe Epskamp - Burlo Kloster - Oeding level crossing - Südlohn Am Vereinshaus
851 Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westborken Schlöter - Hoxfeld Wüst - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Westborken - An der Höchte
853 Borken Landwehr - Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Borken Wagnerstr. - Gemen-RotKreuz Zenter
854 Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Gemenwirthe Alte Mühle - Burlo Kloster
B8 Borken station - Gemen Evers - Weseke Im Brink - Weseke Südlohner Str. - Burlo Kloster - Borkenwirthe Hl.-Kreuz-Kirchen - Grütlohn Jünck - Borken cemetery - Borken station
B9 Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westenborken Schlöter - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Rhedebrügge Heselhaus - Grütlohn Grütering - Borken cemetery - Borken station
N20 Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Borken station - Gemen Ortsmitte - Velen Ellinghaus - Flamschen Emmerick - Coesfeld station - Höven Kreuzung - Legden Dorf Münsterland
R21/VRR295 Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Waidmannsheil - Raesfeld Kirche - Erle cemetery - Schermbeck Försterei Müller - Rhade Ort - Rhade station - Deuten station - Deuten Mitte - Dorsten bus station / Dorsten station
R51 Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Hoxfeld Kaninchenberg - Borken Sägewerk - Borken station - Velen Ellinghaus - Hochmoor Sparkasse - Gescher Lanfer - Goxel Klye - Coesfeld station
R74 Please see timetable
R76 Please see timetable
S75 Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Rhede Gudulakirche - Borken station - Merfeld church - Münster Inselbogen - Münster Hauptbahnhof

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  3. ^ "Fahrtauskunft". Westfalentarif. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Borken (Westf) station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ^ "RE 14 - Emscher-Münsterland-Express".
  6. ^ "Borken (Westf) station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. 23 July 2013.

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