Soest station (Germany)

Soest
Soest
Through station
General information
Location	Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia; Germany
Coordinates	51°34′42″N 8°06′19″E / 51.578211°N 8.105348°E
Line(s)	Hamm–Warburg (KBS 430); Dortmund–Soest (KBS 431); Soest–Brilon (closed);
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	n/a
DS100 code	ESOT
Category	3
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1850

Soest station is a passenger station in the city of Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Hamm–Warburg and the Dortmund–Soest lines. It was also served by passenger trains on the Möhne Valley Railway (Möhnetalbahn) from 1899 to 1960.

Train services

It is served by occasional Intercity services. In regional traffic it is served by the NRW-Express at 2-hour intervals and the Ems-Börde-Bahn stopping service every 30 minutes, operating on the Hamm–Paderborn route. It is also served by the Hellweg-Bahn on the Dortmund–Soest route every 30 minutes (hourly on the weekend). The NRW-Express is operated by DB Regio NRW. The Hellweg-Bahn and the Ems-Börde-Bahn are operated by Eurobahn (Keolis).

The following services currently call at Soest:

NRW-Express Aachen - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn

Series	Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
RB59 Hellweg-Bahn		Dortmund – Unna – Werl – Soest
RB89 Ems-Börde-Bahn	Eurobahn	Münster Hbf - Münster-Hiltrup - Rinkerode - Drensteinfurt - Mersch (Westf) - Bockum-Hövel - Hamm (Westf) - Welver - Borgeln - Soest - Bad Sassendorf - Lippstadt - Dedinghausen - Ehringhausen(Kr Lippstadt) - Geseke - Salzkotten - Scharmede - Paderborn Hbf - Altenbeken - Willebadessen - Warburg (Westf) (- Hofgeismar - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe)	Stadler FLIRT	?	2x per day to Kassel

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Station

The Soest station was extensively renovated and refurbished up to 2010 to meet its role as both a regional station as well as a (touristic) gateway to the city. In addition to the renovation of the building and its environment, about five hectares of industrial land has been created. The building of a new underpass gives direct access to the north side of the town. In addition, the level of platform 1 was raised. In addition, the station has new retail, sanitary facilities and automatic teller machines on the ground floor with office space on the upper floors.

References

"Soest station". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 22 August 2011.