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Bremen Hauptbahnhof

Coordinates: 53°05′03″N 8°48′42″E / 53.08417°N 8.81167°E / 53.08417; 8.81167
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Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Deutsche Bahn
Bf
Front of station hall
General information
LocationBremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Germany
Coordinates53°05′03″N 8°48′42″E / 53.08417°N 8.81167°E / 53.08417; 8.81167
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms9
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code855
DS100 codeHB
Category2[1]
Fare zoneVerkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen: 100[2]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened12 December 1847; 176 years ago (1847-12-12)
Electrified14 December 1964; 59 years ago (1964-12-14)
Previous names1847-1873 Bremen
1873-1889 Bremen Staatsbahnhof
1889-1897 Bremen Centralbahnhof
Key dates
1870Rollbahn opened
1886-89Current hall built
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Delmenhorst ICE 10 Verden (Aller)
Hamburg-Harburg
towards Hamburg Hbf
ICE 14 Diepholz
One-way operation
Oldenburg Hbf
Terminus
ICE 22 Hannover Hbf
One-way operation
Terminus ICE 25 Hannover Hbf
towards München Hbf
Hamburg-Harburg ICE 42 Osnabrück Hbf
towards München Hbf
ICE 43 Osnabrück Hbf
towards Basel SBB
Delmenhorst IC 56 Verden (Aller)
Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station
Delmenhorst RE 1 Achim
towards Hannover Hbf
Osterholz-Scharmbeck RE 8
RE 9 Kirchweyhe
Preceding station Metronom Following station
Terminus RE 4 Rotenburg
towards Hamburg Hbf
RB 41 Bremen-Oberneuland
towards Hamburg Hbf
Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station
Bremen Neustadt RB 58 Terminus
Preceding station Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland Following station
Terminus RB 37 Achim
towards Uelzen
Preceding station Bremen S-Bahn Following station
Bremen-Walle
towards Bremen-Farge
RS1 Bremen-Sebaldsbrück
Bremen-Burg RS2 Bremen-Hemelingen
towards Twistringen
Bremen Neustadt RS3 Terminus
Delmenhorst RS30
Delmenhorst
towards Nordenham
RS4
Preceding station EVB Following station
Bremen-Burg
towards Stade
Moor Express
Terminus
Location
Bremen Hauptbahnhof is located in Bremen
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Location in Bremen
Bremen Hauptbahnhof is located in Germany
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Location in Germany
Bremen Hauptbahnhof is located in Europe
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Location within Europe

Bremen Hauptbahnhof (German for Bremen main station) is a railway station in the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany. It is the most important rail station for both the city and state of Bremen; InterCityExpress, Intercity, EuroCity, CityNightLine and DB NachtZug services call at the station, which is situated to the Northeast of the city centre. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, NordWestBahn, Metronom and Erixx.

History

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Bremen's first train station was opened in 1847 on the site of today's station, on the line to Hanover. Later, lines leading to Vegesack (Bremen-Vegesack–Bremen line), Bremerhaven (then Wesermünde, Bremen–Bremerhaven line), Oldenburg and Uelzen (Uelzen–Langwedel railway) were connected to the station. In 1870, the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn, opening its Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line (Rollbahn), built another station some hundred metres north of the old station, since the old station could not cope with the additional Rollbahn traffic. Eventually, it was decided that a single station would be better, and so today's station was built from 1886 to 1891 after plans by Hubert Stier, with sculptures by Diedrich Samuel Kropp and Carl Dopmeyer. In 1907, additional tracks were added. Whilst the station hall has been remodeled several times due to war damage and modernisation, its basic outline still resembles the original 1880s building.

The station hall was thoroughly renovated in the late 1990s and early 2000s, merging the two formerly separated passenger tunnels into a single concourse. Since 1973, it is protected by the monument protection act.[3] The station's platforms, however, were only partially renovated, but are expected to be refurbished from 2008 on for €12.6 million.[4]

While the station enjoyed a great reputation throughout much of its history, when Consumer Choice Center ranked Europe's top 50 railway stations in 2022, Bremen Hauptbahnhof ranked last.[5]

Rail services

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The following services currently call at the station:[6]

Long distance

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Line Route Frequency (min) Operator
ICE 10 Berlin OstbahnhofWolfsburgHannoverBremenOldenburg 1 train pair DB Fernverkehr
ICE 22 Frankfurt (Main)Kassel-WilhelmshöheGöttingen – Hannover – Bremen – Oldenburg 1 train pair
ICE 25 (Oldenburg –) Bremen – Hannover – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Würzburg – Nürnberg – IngolstadtMunich 120
ICE 42 Hamburg-Altona – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster (Westf) – Dortmund – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Frankfurt Airport – Mannheim – Stuttgart – Ulm – Augsburg – Munich 1 train pair
ICE 43 ‹See TfM›Hamburg-AltonaHamburgBremenOsnabrück – Münster – Dortmund – Bochum – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – CologneFrankfurt AirportMannheimKarlsruheFreiburgBasel 120
IC 35 ‹See TfM›Bremerhaven-LeheBremerhaven‹See TfM›Osterholz-ScharmbeckBremenOsnabrückMünsterRecklinghausenOberhausenDüsseldorf – Cologne 1 train pair
IC 56 ‹See TfM›Norddeich MoleEmdenLeer – Oldenburg – Bremen – Hannover – BraunschweigMagdeburgHalleLeipzig 120
FLX 20 Hamburg – Hamburg-Harburg – Bremen – Osnabrück – Münster (Westf) – Gelsenkirchen – Essen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf – Köln 2–3 train pairs Flixmobility

Regional services

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  • RE 1 Norddeich - Emden - Oldenburg - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
  • RE 4 Bremen - Rotenburg - Buchholz - Hamburg
  • RE 8 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
  • RE 9 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Osnabrück
  • RB 37 Der Heidesprinter Bremen - Soltau - Uelzen
  • RB 41 Bremen - Rotenburg - Tostedt - Buchholz - Hamburg
  • RB 58 Osnabrück - Bramsche - Vechta - Delmenhorst - Bremen

S-Bahn services

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  • RS1 Bremen-Farge - Bremen-Vegesack - Bremen - Verden
  • RS2 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Twistringen
  • RS3 Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg - Delmenhorst - Bremen
  • RS30 Bremen - Delmenhorst - Hude - Oldenburg - Oldenburg-Wechloy - Bad Zwischenahn
  • RS4 Nordenham - Hude - Delmenhorst - Bremen

Operational usage

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The station sees 100 long-distance and 410 regional trains per day. About 100,000 passengers per day use the station. The station features nine platform tracks, of which seven are in the station hall. In the hall, two tracks serve as through tracks for freight traffic. The station is electrified since 1964 and has been thoroughly modernised during the late 1990s. Both the passenger and mail subways, which used to be separate, were joined together and the station's subway now features a rich selection of shops and food halls, akin to a shopping mall. The platforms have been partly modernised as well (most notably platforms 5 and 6, which carry most of the southbound long distance traffic), and lifts have been put in.
Trains usually depart from:

The station is connected to the Bremen tramway network operated by BSAG by a large, six-track tram station in front of the main hall.

Decorations

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Bremen main station in fog
Mural inside the station hall

The sculptures on the façade, among other railway-related symbolisms, depict the coats of arms of the cities of Bremen and Hamburg, the original destinations of the line.

There is a large mural inside the station's main hall, dating back to the 1950s and showing scenes from the city port. It went into oblivion when it was drywalled off and station announcement boards were put over it in the 1970s, but has been carefully renovated at the station's most recent interior overhaul and is now viewable to the public again.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Tarifplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen. 1 January 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Database of Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Bremen #0100". (in German)
  4. ^ "Frisches Geld für drei Bahnhöfe". Verlagsgruppe Kreiszeitung. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2006.
  5. ^ "Worst train stations in Europe".
  6. ^ Timetables for Bremen Hbf station (in German)
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