Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hauptbahnhof

Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hauptbahnhof
Entrance building
Operations
Category	2
Type	Through station
Platforms in use	7
DS100 code	HOLD
Construction and location
Opened	1915
Style of architecture	Art Nouveau
Location	Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
State	Lower Saxony
Country	Germany
Home page	www.bahnhof.de
53°08′37″N 08°13′21″E / 53.14361°N 8.2225°E / 53.14361; 8.2225
Route information
Bremen–Oldenburg (KBS 390) Oldenburg–Leer (KBS 390) Wilhelmshaven–Oldenburg (KBS 392) Oldenburg–Osnabrück (KBS 392)
List of railway stations in Lower Saxony

Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (usually translated from German as Oldenburg Central Station, short form: Oldenburg Hbf) is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. With gradual closure of other stations, including Ofenerdiek and Osternburg, it is currently the only passenger station in Oldenburg. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in the Art Nouveau style.

History

Original central station in 1885

The first railway in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was the line from Oldenburg to Bremen via Delmenhorst opened by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways on 15 July 1867. On 3 September 1867, a line was opened from Oldenburg to Heppens (later renamed Wilhelmshaven), financed by the Prussian government. The line was operated by the Oldenburg State Railways, which in 1913 bought the line from Prussia, placing an enormous burden on the state’s budget. On 15 June 1869, the Oldenburg–Leer line was opened. On 15 October 1875, the Oldenburg State Railways opened the Oldenburg–Osnabrück line.

The first Oldenburg station was planned to be built in today’s Cäcilienplatz. In 1868, it became clear that the proposed building would be too small for the growing demand. Therefore, the project was never realized. Instead, a converted freight shed served as Oldenburg’s station for twelve years.

On 21 May 1879, the Central Station was finally inaugurated as the first "real" station in Oldenburg at the site of the present station. It was a neo-Gothic building designed by the renowned architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase. It was considered one of the most romantic railway buildings in Germany.

Today’s Oldenburg station was inaugurated on 3 August 1915 without much ceremony after four years of construction. The magnificent Art Nouveau building was designed by the architect, Friedrich Mettegang. A separate building was planned for the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to board trains, called Prince Hall. As part of the new building the tracks were raised by about 3.25 meters. The building was placed at the edge of the tracks, so that the station could be rebuilt as a through station. Up to that time, travellers who wanted to continue past Oldenburg had to change trains. In 1992 the line was electrified from Oldenburg to Leer.

Inside the station

Connections

The station’s track 1 is next to the main building and it has three Island platforms, numbered as tracks 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. Track 2 is a through track without a platform.

Platform	Route	Train category
1	Bremen – Hanover	Regional-Express
2 (no platform)	All routes	Freight trains
3	Hanover – Leipzig or Munich, Norddeich Mole	ICE, InterCity
4	Osnabrück, Bremen	NordWestBahn
5	Wilhelmshaven, Esens	NordWestBahn
6	Leer – Emden – Norddeich Mole	InterCity, Regional-Express
7	Bremen	Regionalbahn
8	Hude, Magdeburg and other stations	Regionalbahn, InterCity, special trains
9 (no platform)	Freight	Freight trains
10 (no platform)	Freight	Freight trains

Long-distance services

The main long-distance service through Oldenburg is an InterCity service operating at two hour intervals to Leipzig via Hanover. In additions, Intercity-Express trains operate once a day on several routes.

Line	Route	Frequency
ICE 10	Berlin Ostbahnhof – Wolfsburg – Hanover – Bremen – Oldenburg (Oldb)	Once a day
ICE 22	Frankfurt (Main) – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Göttingen – Hanover – Bremen – Oldenburg (Oldb)	Once a day
ICE 25	Oldenburg (Oldb) – Bremen – Hanover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Augsburg/Ingolstadt – Munich	Once a day
ICE 50	Oldenburg (Oldb) – Bremen – Hanover – Magdeburg – Leipzig – Dresden	Once a day
IC 56	Oldenburg (Oldb) – Bremen – Hanover – Magdeburg – Leipzig – Dresden	Every two hours

Regional services

Line	KBS	Route	Operator	Frequency
RE	380, 390	Norddeich Mole – Emden – Oldenburg – Bremen– Nienburg – Hanover	DB Regio Nord	Every two hours
RE	390	Oldenburg – Bad Zwischenahn – Leer – Emden	DB Regio Nord	Every two hours
NWB	390, 392	Wilhelmshaven – Varel – Oldenburg – Hude – Delmenhorst – Bremen	NordWestBahn	Once a day
NWB	392/392	Wilhelmshaven – Varel – Oldenburg – Cloppenburg – Bramsche – Osnabrück	NordWestBahn	Every hour
RS 3	390	Bremen – Delmenhorst – Hude – Oldenburg – Bad Zwischenahn	NordWestBahn	Every hour

External links

• Track plan of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hbf from Deutschen Bahn site (PDF; 177,3 KB)