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Metelen Land station

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Station code
  
4081

Category
  
6

Address
  
48629 Metelen, Germany

Platforms in use
  
2

DS100 code
  
EMTE

Website
  
www.bahnhof.de

Opened
  
30 September 1875

Metelen Land station

Location
  
Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany

Line(s)
  
Münster–Enschede (KBS 407) former Dorsten–Rheine (last KBS 284) former Burgsteinfurt–Borken

Similar
  
Coesfeld Schulzentrum station, Lette (Kr Coesfeld) station, Ibbenbüren‑Esch station, Epe (Westf) railway station, Coesfeld (Westf) station

Metelen Land station is located in Metelen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Münster–Enschede railway. The station is operated by the Metelen Land Railway Museum.

The station was opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE) on 30 September 1875, along with the Münster–Enschede railway. The station was originally called Metelen and received its current name on 1 October 1902.

Metelen Land station is served by the following Regionalbahn service:

Metelen Land Railway Museum

The station is operated by the Eisenbahn-Interessengemeinschaft Metelen e. V. (Metelen railway community of interest, EIG). It includes, among other things, the Metelen Land Railway Museum (German: Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen Land, which has a uniform and hat collection. The station’s fully functional mechanical signal box, a section of railway track with a crossover, a local and long distance barrier, homemade hand-operated inspection trolley, a salon car, workshop wagons, track maintenance equipment, a ticket printing machine, a weighing scale with card issuance, an industrial diesel locomotive and model railways can also be viewed.

References

Metelen Land station Wikipedia