Bremerhaven-Lehe railway station

Bremerhaven-Lehe is a railway station in the Lehe district of the city of Bremerhaven, Germany.

Bremerhaven-Lehe
Bf
Location	Bremerhaven, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Germany
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Netz DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Bremen–Bremerhaven line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	RE 8RE 9 RB 33 RS 2 507 508 554 E12 E19 E22
Other information
Station code	870
DS100 code	HBHL[1]
IBNR	8001168
Category	5[2]
Fare zone	VBN
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1863
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station Terminus RE 8 Bremerhaven Hbf toward Hannover Hbf Terminus RE 9 Bremerhaven Hbf toward Osnabrück Hbf Preceding station   Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser   Following station Wremen toward Cuxhaven RB 33 Bremerhaven Hbf toward Buxtehude Preceding station   Bremen S-Bahn   Following station Terminus RS 2 Bremerhaven Hbf toward Twistringen
Location
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History

The station was opened in 1863 as an extension of the Bremen-Geestemünde line. In 1896, the line to Cuxhaven was opened. The station has undergone renovations in the early 2000s and is now equipped with a lift.

Operations

The RegionalExpress trains to and from Osnabrück Hbf and Hannover Hbf call at the station. Furthermore, Bremerhaven-Lehe is the terminal and starting point for the Bremen S-Bahn connection to Bremen and Twistringen. Services to Cuxhaven and Buxtehude, operated by EVB, call at the station as well. The Bremerhaven-Lehe marshalling yard (code HBHLA) is nearby. The next station to the south is Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof (HBH), to the north lies the closed station Bremerhaven-Speckenbüttel (HBHP), the next passenger station still in use is Wremen (AWRE) on the line to Cuxhaven. Connections to local traffic are provided by a bus stop (operated by BremerhavenBus) in front of the station. The old station building has been rented out to two tenants, a hotel on the upper floors and an Aldi supermarket on the ticket hall floor. Access to the station is provided by a passenger tunnel underneath the platforms.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:[3]

• Regional services RE 8 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover
• Regional services RE 9 Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen - Osnabrück
• Local services RB 33 Cuxhaven - Dorum - Bremerhaven - Bremervörde - Buxtehude
• Bremen S-Bahn services Bremerhaven-Lehe - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Twistringen

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2017 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
3. Timetables for Bremerhaven-Lehe station (in German)