Bremen Hauptbahnhof

Bremen Hauptbahnhof
Bf
Front of station hall
Location	Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Germany
Coordinates
Line(s)	Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line Bremen–Hanover line Oldenburg–Bremen line Bremen–Bremerhaven line Bremen-Vegesack–Bremen line
Platforms	9
Other information
Station code	855
DS100 code	HB
Category	2
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1847
Key dates
1870	Rollbahn opened
1886	Current hall built
1964	Station electrified

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

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. The station's platforms, however, were only partially renovated, but are expected to be refurbished from 2008 on for € 12.6 million.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:

• Intercity Express services (ICE 10) Oldenburg - Bremen - Hanover - Berlin
• Intercity Express services (ICE 25) Bremen - Hanover - Kassel - Würzburg - München
• Intercity Express services (ICE 42) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Wuppertal - Köln - Frankfurt - Stuttgart - Ulm - München
• Intercity Express services (ICE 50) Oldenburg - Bremen - Hanover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Leipzig - Dresden
• EuroCity services (EC 7) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Karlsruhe - Freiburg - Basel - Zürich - Chur
• Intercity services (IC 30) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Essen - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Stuttgart
• Intercity services (IC 31) Hamburg - Bremen - Münster - Dortmund - Wuppertal - Köln - Bonn - Frankfurt
• Intercity services (IC 56) Norddeich - Emden - Oldenburg - Bremen - Hanover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Leipzig - Dresden
• Regional services RE 1 Norddeich - Emden - Oldenburg - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
• Regional services RE 4 Bremen - Rotenburg - Buchholz - Hamburg
• Regional services RE 8 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
• Regional services RE 9 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Osnabrück
• Local services RB 37 Der Heidesprinter Bremen - Soltau - Uelzen
• Local services RB 41 Bremen - Rotenburg - Tostedt - Buchholz - Hamburg
• Local services RB 58 Osnabrück - Bramsche - Vechta - Delmenhorst - Bremen
• Bremen S-Bahn services RS 1 Bremen-Farge - Bremen-Vegesack - Bremen - Verden
• Bremen S-Bahn services RS 2 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Twistringen
• Bremen S-Bahn services RS 3 Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg - Delmenhorst - Bremen
• Bremen S-Bahn services RS 4 Nordenham - Hude - Delmenhorst - Bremen

Preceding station		Deutsche Bahn		Following station
Oldenburg Hbf Terminus		ICE 10		Hannover Hbf towards Berlin Ost
Terminus		ICE 25		Hannover Hbf towards Munich Hbf
Hamburg-Harburg towards Hamburg-Altona		ICE 42		Osnabrück Hbf towards Munich Hbf
Oldenburg Hbf Terminus		ICE 50		Hannover Hbf towards Magdeburg Hbf or Dresden Hbf
Hamburg-Harburg towards Ostseebad Binz or Greifswald		IC/EC 30		Osnabrück Hbf towards Stuttgart Hbf or Chur
Hamburg-Harburg towards Hamburg-Altona/Kiel Hbf/Puttgarden		IC/EC 31		Osnabrück Hbf towards Passau Hbf
Delmenhorst towards Norddeich Mole		IC 56		Verden (Aller) towards Cottbus or Leipzig Hbf
Delmenhorst toward Norddeich Mole		RE 1		Achim toward Hannover Hbf
Osterholz-Scharmbeck toward Bremerhaven-Lehe		RE 8		Achim toward Hannover Hbf
Osterholz-Scharmbeck toward Bremerhaven-Lehe		RE 9		Kirchweyhe toward Osnabrück Hbf
Preceding station		Metronom		Following station
Terminus		RE 4		Rotenburg toward Hamburg Hbf
Terminus		RB 41		Bremen-Oberneuland toward Hamburg Hbf
Preceding station		NordWestBahn		Following station
Bremen Neustadt toward Osnabrück Hbf		RB 58		Terminus
Preceding station		Erixx		Following station
Terminus		RB 37 Amerikalinie		Achim toward Uelzen
Preceding station		Bremen S-Bahn		Following station
Bremen-Walle toward Bremen Farge		RS 1		Bremen-Sebaldsbrück toward Verden (Aller)
Bremen-Burg toward Bremerhaven Lehe		RS 2		Bremen-Hemelingen toward Twistringen
Bremen Neustadt toward Bad Zwischenahn		RS 3		Terminus
Delmenhorst toward Nordenham		RS 4		Terminus

Operational usage

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:

• Track 1 - Osnabrück (Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line)
• Track 2 - Oldenburg (Oldenburg–Bremen line), Nordenham (Hude–Blexen line)
• Track 5 - Verden, Hanover (Bremen–Hanover line)
• Track 6 - Bremerhaven (Bremen–Bremerhaven line)
• Track 7 - Osnabrück (Intercity), Diepholz (Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line)
• Track 8 - Hamburg (Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line), Uelzen (Uelzen–Langwedel line)
• Track 9 - Hamburg (Metronom, Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line)
• Track 10 - Rotenburg (Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg line)

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

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

• List of railway stations in Bremen

External links

• DB information page (English)
• See the Ticket Hall in a 360 degrees interactive panorama (Flash)

Preceding station	DB AG			Following station
	Heritage railways
Bremen-Burg		Moorexpress		Terminus