Holzwickede station


Holzwickede station is a through station in the town of Holzwickede in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened on 17 December 1860, five years after the opening of the Dortmund–Soest railway. It has five platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.
The station is served by the Rhein-Münsterland-Express between Krefeld and Rheine, the Maas-Wupper-Express between Venlo and Hamm and the Hellwegbahn between Dortmund and Soest, each hourly.

Dortmund Airport

is located within a walking distance in the north of the station. From the train station a shuttle bus goes to the airport.

History

The station was opened in 1860. In 1867, the railway to Schwerte was opened. By this time, the amount of tracks in the rail yard had grown to two. The station building was expanded in 1873 and further in 1899. In 1911 a pedestrian bridge was built. The station suffered lots of damage in 1945 at the end of the World War. The services at the stations were run down just prior to the electrifying of the railway from Cologne to Hamm in 1964. in 1994, the station building was demolished. Since 2007, the station is unmanned. in 2008, eurobahn took over the operation of trains from Dortmund to Soest. In 2011, a new pedestrian bridge was built.
LineLine nameServiceRoute
Rhein-Münsterland-Express Münster – Hamm – UnnaHolzwickedeHagenWuppertalSolingen – Cologne – Krefeld60 min
Maas-Wupper-ExpressHamm – Unna – Holzwickede – Hagen – Wuppertal – DüsseldorfMönchengladbach – Venlo60 min
HellwegbahnDortmund – Holzwickede – Soest60 min