Paderborn Hauptbahnhof

Paderborn Hauptbahnhof
Through station
File:Paderborn Hbf.jpg
Location	Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Hamm–Warburg line (KBS 430) Senne Railway (KBS 403)
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	4846
DS100 code	EPD
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1850

Paderborn Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Paderborn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the Hamm–Warburg line, part of the Mid-Germany Connection from Cologne or Düsseldorf to Thuringia and Saxony. The Senne Railway branches off to Bielefeld in Paderborn.

History

The railway between Hamm and Paderborn was opened on 1 October 1850 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company. The line was extended to Warburg in 1853. The Senne Railway was opened in July 1902. The Alme Valley Railway was opened in 1899 towards Büren; it was closed in 1981. Recently there was an attempt to reopen the line to provide a link to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport.

Operations

Every two hours long-distance trains on InterCity line 51 stop at Paderborn. Regional services operate on several Regional-Express and Regionalbahn lines through Paderborn. In addition, Hanover S-Bahn services terminate at the station.

Line	Line name	Route
RE 1	NRW-Express	Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Essen – Dortmund – Hamm (Westf) – Paderborn
RB 72	Ostwestfalen-Bahn	Herford – Lage (Lippe) – Detmold – Altenbeken – Paderborn
RB 74	Senne-Bahn	Bielefeld – Sennestadt – Paderborn
RB 84	Egge-Bahn	Paderborn – Ottbergen – Holzminden
RB 89	Ems-Börde-Bahn	Münster (Westf) – Hamm (Westf) – Paderborn – Warburg (Westf)
S 5	Hanover S-Bahn	Paderborn – Hamelin – Weetzen – Hanover – Langenhagen – Hanover Airport

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Lippstadt toward Aachen Hbf		RE 1 NRW-Express		Terminus
Preceding station		NordWestBahn		Following station
Paderborn-Kassler Tor toward Bielefeld Hbf		RB 74 Senne-Bahn		Terminus
Terminus		RB 84 Egge-Bahn		Altenbeken toward Kreiensen
Preceding station		eurobahn		Following station
Scharmede toward Münster Hbf		RB 89 Ems-Börde-Bahn		Altenbeken toward Warburg
Preceding station		Westfalenbahn		Following station
Terminus		RB 72 Ostwestfalen-Bahn		Altenbeken toward Herford
Preceding station		S-Bahn Hannover		Following station
Terminus		S5		Altenbeken toward Hannover Flughafen

Location

The station is only 500 metres from the city centre. PaderSprinter buses operate from Westerntor and Zentralstation bus stops next to the station, connecting to the centre as well as most other parts of the city. Regional buses run from the bus station to nearby towns (including Delbrück, Hövelhof, Bad Lippspringe, Büren and Warburg).

Access

Only platforms 1 to 3 are accessible by lift. There is a wheelchair lift (operated by rail staff) on the stairs to platforms 4 and 5, which are served by Regionalbahn trains to and from Herford, Bielefeld and Holzminden.

Transport Associations

Paderborn is part of the Paderborn-Höxter Regional Transport Association (Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter).

External links

• Track plan of Paderborn Hbf on the website of Deutsche Bahn (PDF; 235,7 KB)