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Bad Bentheim station

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Station code
  
248

Category
  
5

Opened
  
1865

DS100 code
  
HBTF

Website
  
www.bahnhof.de

Platforms in use
  
3

Bad Bentheim station

Location
  
Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony Germany

Line(s)
  
Almelo-Salzbergen railway

Address
  
48455 Bad Bentheim, Germany

Similar
  
Rheine station, Almelo railway station, Hengelo railway station, Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof, Amersfoort railway station

Bad Bentheim is a railway station located in Bad Bentheim, Germany. The station was opened on 18 October 1865 and is located on the Almelo - Salzbergen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn with NS International and the Westfalenbahn.

Contents

The station is a border station between Germany and the Netherlands. Dutch and German locomotives change here as the voltage is different in the countries. From Bad Bentheim, passengers can travel on the international service to Amsterdam. Passengers can also reach cities such as Osnabrück, Hannover and Berlin.

To the east of the station is a shunting area for the Bentheimer Eisenbahn which is a freight railway to Nordhorn and Coevorden.

Train services

The following services currently call at Bad Bentheim:

  • Intercity services Amsterdam - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin
  • Local services RB 61 Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück - Herford - Bielefeld
  • From December 2010 until December 2013 there was a trial with a stopping train between Hengelo, Oldenzaal and Bad Bentheim. This service was operated by Syntus as the Grensland-Express, it stopped due to a lack of passengers. From December 2017 the RB61 will be extended to Hengelo. Additionally there are plans to start passenger services between Bad Bentheim, Nordhorn and Neuenhaus.

    Bus services

  • 100 Bad Bentheim - Nordhorn - Neuenhaus - Uelsen - Wilsum - Emlichheim
  • 200 Bad Bentheim - Nordhorn - Neuenhaus - Veldhausen - Hoogstede - Emlichheim
  • References

    Bad Bentheim station Wikipedia