Itzehoe station

Itzehoe station is a railway station in the town of Itzehoe in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is located on the Marsh Railway, which is electrified from Elmshorn up to this point. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.[1]

Itzehoe
Through station
Location	Bahnhofstr. 32, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein Germany
Coordinates	53°55′27″N 9°30′38″E
Line(s)	Elmshorn–Westerland (23 km) (KBS 130) Itzehoe-Wrist (0.0 km) (closed) Itzehoe Port Railway (0.0 km) (closed)
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	3016[1]
DS100 code	AIZ[2]
IBNR	8003102
Category	3[1]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1 November 1878
Electrified	29 May 1998
Passengers
4,000
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station Heide (Holst) toward Westerland (Sylt) RE 6 via Niebüll - Husum - Heide (Holst) - Itzehoe Elmshorn toward Hamburg-Altona Wilster toward Heide (Holst) RB 62 Terminus Preceding station   nordbahn   Following station Terminus RB 61 Kremperheide toward Hamburg Hbf Terminus RB 71 Kremperheide toward Hamburg-Altona
Location
Itzehoe Location within Schleswig-Holstein Itzehoe Location within Germany Itzehoe Location within Europe

View over the tracks, on the left is the location of the former Itzehoe workshop, on the right is the hump

Intercity to Dresden Hbf

History

The first Itzehoe station was located on the southern side of the Stör on land later used by a cement factory. During the extension of the Marsh Railway to Heide in 1878, the second station was built in the town, including the current station building. At that time, Brückenstrasse crossed the line over a wooden bridge at the northern end of the station. During the extension of the line through the town to Wilster four level crossings were built, which were abolished in 1931 with the realignment along the current route. With the opening of the new line to Wrist in 1889, these crossings had become more inconvenient.[3] A workshop was probably built at the northern exit from the station during the building of the branch line.

The contact wire for the electrification of the line reached Itzehoe on 29 May 1998. But the use of electric rollingstock was only introduced after the intervention of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, which had funded the electrification.

Operations

Regionalbahn services of Schleswig-Holstein from Hamburg-Altona and Pinneberg via Elmshorn begin and end In Itzehoe. The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn service from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland (Sylt) via Husum makes a stop in Itzehoe, as does the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) service to Heide. Deutsche Bahn Intercity trains (IC) also stop in Itzehoe and connect the city directly to Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Göttingen and Dresden or in the opposite direction to Westerland.

Train class	Route	Operator
IC 26	Hanover – Hamburg – Itzehoe – Westerland (Sylt)	DB Fernverkehr
IC 27	Dresden – Berlin – Hamburg – Itzehoe – Westerland (Sylt)	DB Fernverkehr
IC 30	Westerland – Itzehoe – Hamburg – Bremen – Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne (– Koblenz – Frankfurt)	DB Fernverkehr
RE 6	Itzehoe – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg-Altona	DB Regio SH
RB 61	Itzehoe – Glückstadt – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg	nordbahn
RB 62	Itzehoe – St Michaelisdonn – Heide	DB Regio SH
RB 71	Itzehoe – Glückstadt – Elmshorn – Pinneberg – Hamburg-Altona	nordbahn

Itzehoe station has four platform tracks. The track next to the station building is called track 2 and is used by Regionalbahn services. NOB and IC trains to Westerland stop on track 3. NOB services to Hamburg-Altona and IC trains to Stuttgart, Frankfurt (am Main), Göttingen and Dresden (Wednesdays and Saturdays only to Berlin Südkreuz) stop on track 4. Track 5 is the starting point for NOB services to Heide. In addition to these tracks, there are sidings for freight trains.

Due to the electrification, most intercity trains coming from the south from Itzehoe are electrically-hauled. At the station, the electric locomotive is swapped for a diesel locomotive for the remaining leg to Westerland. In the opposite direction, the procedure is reversed.

The Itzehoe-Wrist railway operated until 27 September 1975.

Notes

1. "Stationspreisliste 2021" [Station price list 2021] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. Friedrich Priewe (1988). Lebendiges Itzehoe (in German). Rendsburg. pp. 167f. ISBN 3-87550-088-1.

References

• Peter Fischer (2004). Steinburger Jahrbuch (in German). pp. 123–144.
• Heinz Longerich (2004). Steinburger Jahrbuch (in German). pp. 145–150.

External links

• "Bahnhof Itzehoe" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.
• "Informationen zum Bahnhof Itzehoe" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.
• "Der Bahnhof Itzehoe, Ein Halt der Nord-Ostsee-Bahn" (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2014.