Bad Bentheim station

Bad Bentheim is a railway station[4] 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.

Bad Bentheim
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Bad Bentheim station
Location	Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	52°18′35″N 7°9′26″E
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Almelo-Salzbergen railway (KBS 375) Gronau (Westf)–Coevorden railway (KBS 376)
Platforms	3
Connections	IC 77 RB 56RB 61
Other information
Station code	248
DS100 code	HBTH[1]
IBNR	8000879
Category	5[2]
Fare zone	VGB: 104 (buses only)[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1865
Services
Preceding station   DB Fernverkehr   Following station Hengelo toward Amsterdam Centraal Intercity (DB) 140 Rheine toward Berlin Ostbahnhof Preceding station   Bentheimer Eisenbahn   Following station Terminus RB 56 Quendorf toward Neuenhaus Preceding station   eurobahn   Following station Oldenzaal toward Hengelo RB 61 Wiehengebirgs-Bahn Schüttorf toward Bielefeld Hbf
Location
Bad Bentheim Location within Lower Saxony Bad Bentheim Location within Europe Bad Bentheim Bad Bentheim (Europe)

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:[5]

• Intercity services Amsterdam Central - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin
• Local services RB 61 Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Osnabrück - Herford - Bielefeld

From December 2010 until December 2013 there was a trial with a Stoptrain service between Hengelo, Oldenzaal and Bad Bentheim, operated by Syntus as the Grensland-Express. It was cancelled in 2013 due to a lack of passengers. From December 2017, the German 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

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  The station

External links

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2017 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
3. "Preisstufen- & Fahrpreistabelle der VGB" (PDF). Verkehrsgemeinschaft Grafschaft Bentheim. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
4. "Bad Bentheim station". Deutsche Bahn (in German). Archived from the original on March 31, 2002.
5. "Timetables for Bad Bentheim station". Deutsche Bahn (in German).