Husum station (Germany)

Husum station is in Husum in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It was built in 1910 and is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 3 station. A less prestigious predecessor (built in 1854 and demolished in 1910) was located at the northern end of the station, another station (Husum Nord) is to the north of the current main station.

Husum
Deutsche Bahn
Through station
General information
LocationHusum, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates54°28′20″N 9°3′20″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms4
Other information
Station code2953[1]
DS100 codeAHM[2]
IBNR8000181
Category3[1]
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened1 April 1854 (1854-04-01)
Key dates
1910current building erected
Services
Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station
Bredstedt RE 6 Friedrichstadt
Terminus RE 74 Jübek
towards Kiel Hbf
Witzwort RB 64 Terminus
Location
Husum is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Husum
Husum
Location within Schleswig-Holstein
Husum is located in Germany
Husum
Husum
Location within Germany
Husum is located in Europe
Husum
Husum
Location within Europe

Importance

The station is a railway hub, connecting the WesterlandHamburg line (Marsh Railway) with the route to Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording line on the Eiderstedt peninsula and the Husum–Jübek line, which connects to the Neumünster–Flensburg line and Kiel.

Operations

All lines are now operated by the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) service (now a subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr).However, some InterCity trains are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Line Route Frequency Operator
IC 26 Westerland (Sylt)HusumHamburgHannover One train pair DB Fernverkehr
IC 27 Westerland (Sylt)Husum – Hamburg – BerlinDresden One train pair
RE 6 Westerland (Sylt) – NiebüllHusumHeideItzehoeElmshornHamburg-Altona Hourly DB Regio Nord
RE 74 Husum – Jübek – Schleswig – Owschlag – RendsburgKiel
RB 64 Husum – Tönning – Bad St Peter-Ording Hourly

Platforms

The station has several platform tracks, but only four of them have a platform that is in use. Trains leave as follows:

  • Platform track 1: regional trains to and from Kiel
  • Platform track 3: regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording, regional trains to and from Kiel
  • Platform track 4: long distance and Regional trains to Westerland
  • Platform track 5: long distance and regional trains to Hamburg, regional trains to and from Bad St. Peter-Ording

All these services stop in Husum about every 30 minutes.

The two central platforms are 76 cm high. The platform on tracks 4 and 5 is 430 metres long, the one on tracks 1-3 is 360 metres long.

Notes

  1. "Stationspreisliste 2023" [Station price list 2023] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
NOB train in Hamburg
Trains to Kiel and St. Peter
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