Station code 4081 Category 6 Platforms in use 2 | DS100 code EMTE Website www.bahnhof.de Opened 30 September 1875 | |
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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.