Enschede railway station

Geschiedenis

Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany stopped. The connection to Münster was re-opened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Overijssel; however there was before the line closed.From summer 2013 to summer 2014 the station is being largely modernised. The station was closed between 6 July and 18 August 2013, in which all the rails and overhead wires were replaced at the station. Platforms 1 and 2 were extended; platform 5 was closed. Platform 4 has been split in two, one part for the trains to Germany and the other part for the Sprinters. The two lines are still not connected. The sidings for stabling trains were also replaced and points replaced to reduce the noise made as trains pass over them.Train services, the following train services call at this station: 1× per hour express Intercity service: Schiphol - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede1× per hour express Intercity service: The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede2× per hour local Sprinter service: Apeldoorn - Deventer - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede2× per hour local Sprinter service: Zwolle - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede1× per hour local Regionalbahn service: Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Lünen - Dortmund1× per hour local Regionalbahn service: Enschede - Gronau - Münster