Husum station (Germany)

Husum
Through station
General information
Location	Husum, Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Coordinates	54°28′20″N 9°3′20″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Marsh Railway (KBS 130) Husum–Kiel railway (KBS 134) Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording railway (KBS 135) Husum–Erfde railway (closed)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	2953
DS100 code	AHM
IBNR	8000181
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 April 1854 (1854-04-01)
Key dates
1910	current building erected
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Niebüll towards Westerland or Dagebüll Mole IC 26 Heide towards Stuttgart Hbf IC 29 Heide towards Berlin Südkreuz IC 39 Heide towards Köln Hbf Bredstedt towards Westerland Sylt Shuttle Plus Terminus Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Bredstedt towards Westerland RE 6 Friedrichstadt towards Köln Preceding station Following station Witzwort towards Bad St. Peter-Ording RB 64 Terminus Terminus RE 74 Jübek towards Kiel Hbf
Location Husum Location within Schleswig-Holstein Husum Location within Germany Husum Location within Europe

Husum station is in Husum in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was built in 1910 and is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station. A less prestigious predecessor (built in 1854 and demolished in 1910) was located at the northern end of the station, another station (Husum Nord) is to the north of the current main station.

Importance

The station is a railway hub, connecting the Westerland–Hamburg line (Marsh Railway) with the route to Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line on the Eiderstedt peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Operations

All lines are now operated by the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) service (now a subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr).However, some InterCity trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Line	Route	Frequency	Operator
IC 26	Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Husum – Hamburg – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt (Main) – Stuttgart	One train pair	DB Fernverkehr
IC 29	Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Husum – Hamburg – Berlin – Berlin Südkreuz	One train pair
IC 39	Westerland (Sylt)/Dagebüll Mole – Niebüll – Husum – Hamburg – Bremen – Essen – Köln	Two train pairs
RE 6	Westerland (Sylt) – Niebüll – Husum – Heide – Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Hamburg-Altona	Hourly	DB Regio Nord
RE 74	Husum – Jübek – Schleswig – Owschlag – Rendsburg – Kiel		nordbahn
RB 64	Husum – Tönning – Bad St Peter-Ording
Sylt Shuttle Plus	Westerland (Sylt) – Niebüll – Husum	One train pair	DB Fernverkehr

Platforms

The station has several platform tracks, but only four of them have a platform that is in use. Trains leave as follows:

• Platform track 1: regional trains to and from Kiel
• Platform track 3: regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording, regional trains to and from Kiel
• Platform track 4: long distance and Regional trains to Westerland
• Platform track 5: long distance and regional trains to Hamburg, regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording

All these services stop in Husum about every 30 minutes.

The two central platforms are 76 cm high. The platform on tracks 4 and 5 is 430 metres long, the one on tracks 1-3 is 360 metres long.

External links

NOB train in Hamburg

Trains to Kiel and St. Peter

• "Website of Husum station" (in German). Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
• "Track plan of Husum station" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 21 November 2010.