Neubeckum station

Neubeckum
Operations
Category	5
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	6
DS100 code	ENBM
Construction and location
Location	Neubeckum
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
51°48′06″N 8°01′19″E / 51.801663°N 8.022067°E / 51.801663; 8.022067
Route information
Hamm–Minden Münster–Warstein railway
List of railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Neubeckum station is a passenger station in the district of Neubeckum, part the Westphalian town of Beckum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Neubeckum (literally "new Beckum") was established in 1899 at the railway station, six km from Beckum. It lies on the Hamm–Minden railway, one of the most heavily trafficked lines in Germany. It has an hourly Regional-Express service, the Westfalen-Express (RE 6) on the Düsseldorf–Dortmund–Bielefeld–Minden route as well as an hourly Regionalbahn service, the Ems-Börde-Bahn (RB 69) on the Münster)–Hamm–Bielefeld route, so there is a service about every half an hour. Both lines were previously operated by DB Regio NRW. In December 2008, eurobahn, based in Hamm, took over the operation of RB 69.

Neubeckum is still a railway junction. At Neubeckum station the Münster–Warstein railway of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn (Westphalian State Railway) crosses the Hamm–Minden railway. Its purpose is mainly to bring high-purity limestone from the Warstein limestone quarries to the cement plants to the north at Ennigerloh. Neubeckum's former cement plants have closed. Until 1975, the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn operated passenger services, including to Münster, Warendorf and Lippstadt. The line is still used for the operation of steam-hauled museum trains from Münster via Neubeckum to Lippstadt, Erwitte, Anröchte and Warstein.

Services

In passenger transport the station is served by several Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services:

Line	Name	Route	Frequency	Operator
RE 6	Westfalen-Express	Minden – Bielefeld – Neubeckum – Hamm (Westf) – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf	60 min	DB Regio NRW
RB 69	Ems-Börde-Bahn	Bielefeld – Neubeckum – Hamm – Münster (Westf)	60 min	eurobahn
See also List of regional rail lines in North Rhine-Westphalia

Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Ahlen (Westfalen) toward Düsseldorf Hbf		RE 6 Westfalen-Express		Oelde toward Minden
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Ahlen (Westfalen) toward Münster Hbf		RB 69 Ems-Börde-Bahn		Oelde toward Bielefeld Hbf

Reference

• "Neubeckum station" (in German). NRW Rail Archive. André Joost. http://nrwbahnarchiv.bplaced.net/bf/8004251.htm. Retrieved 17 August 2011.