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Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof
Junction station
Entrance of the station building
General information
Location	Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Lower Saxony Germany
Coordinates	53°08′37″N 08°13′21″E / 53.14361°N 8.22250°E / 53.14361; 8.22250
Owned by	Deutsche Bahn
Operated by	DB Station&Service
Line(s)	Bremen–Oldenburg (KBS 390) Oldenburg–Leer (KBS 390) Wilhelmshaven–Oldenburg (KBS 392) Oldenburg–Osnabrück (KBS 392)
Platforms	7
Construction
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
Other information
Station code	4765
DS100 code	HOLD
IBNR	8000291
Category	2
Fare zone	VBN: 740
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	1915
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Terminus ICE 10 Delmenhorsttowards Berlin Ostbahnhof ICE 22 Bremen HbfOne-way operation ICE 25 Bremen Hbftowards München Hbf Bad Zwischenahntowards Norddeich Mole IC 56 Delmenhorsttowards Leipzig Hbf or Cottbus Hbf Preceding station DB Regio Nord Following station Bad Zwischenahntowards Norddeich Mole RE 1 Hudetowards Hannover Hbf Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station Rastedetowards Wilhelmshaven RE 18 Sandkrugtowards Osnabrück Hbf Rastedetowards Esens(Ostfriesl) RB 59Limited service SandkrugOne-way operation Preceding station Bremen S-Bahn Following station Oldenburg-Wechloytowards Bad Zwischenahn RS3 Wüstingtowards Bremen Hbf Rastedetowards Wilhelmshaven Terminus Oldenburg-Wechloytowards Bad Zwischenahn RS30 Hudetowards Bremen Hbf
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Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (originally Oldenburg Centralbahnhof) is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is a through station, with seven platform tracks. Its large reception hall was built in the Art Nouveau style.

It is one of two stations in Oldenburg open to passengers, the other one being the newly-constructed Oldenburg-Wechloy suburban rail station opened in 2015 in the vicinity of the University of Oldenburg. Older stations, including Ofenerdiek and Osternburg, have had their passenger service gradually removed over the course of previous decades.

History

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The first railway in the capital of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was the line from Oldenburg to Bremen via Delmenhorst opened by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways on 15 July 1867. On 3 September 1867, a line was opened from Oldenburg to Heppens (later renamed Wilhelmshaven), financed by the Prussian government. The line was operated by the Oldenburg State Railways, which in 1913 bought the line from Prussia, placing an enormous burden on the state's budget. On 15 June 1869, the Oldenburg–Leer line was opened. On 15 October 1875, the Oldenburg State Railways opened the Oldenburg–Osnabrück line.

The first Oldenburg station was planned to be built in today's Cäcilienplatz. In 1868, it became clear that the proposed building would be too small for the growing demand. Therefore, the project was never realized. Instead, a converted freight shed served as Oldenburg's station for twelve years.

On 21 May 1879, the Central Station was finally inaugurated as the first "real" station in Oldenburg at the site of the present station. It was a neo-Gothic building designed by the renowned architect Conrad Wilhelm Hase. It was considered one of the most romantic railway buildings in Germany.

Today's Oldenburg station was inaugurated on 3 August 1915 without much ceremony after four years of construction. The magnificent Art Nouveau building was designed by the architect, Friedrich Mettegang. A separate building was planned for the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to board trains, called Prince Hall. As part of the new building the tracks were raised by about 3.25 meters (10 ft 8 in). The building was placed at the edge of the tracks, so that the station could be rebuilt as a through station. Up to that time, travellers who wanted to continue past Oldenburg had to change trains. In 1992 the line was electrified from Oldenburg to Leer.

Connections

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The station's track 1 is next to the main building and it has three Island platforms, numbered as tracks 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. Track 2 is a through track without a platform.

Train services

The following services currently call at the station:

The main long-distance service through Oldenburg is the IC 56 InterCity service operating at two-hour intervals to Leipzig via Hanover. In addition, Intercity-Express trains operate once a day on several routes.

Regional services are as follows as of December 2022:

References

1. ^ "Stationspreisliste 2025" [Station price list 2025] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
2. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
3. "Tarifplan" (PDF). Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. Timetables for Oldenburg Hbf station (in German)

External links

• Media related to Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Hbf from Deutschen Bahn site (PDF; 177,3 KB)
• Images of the old Centralbahnhof

• Railway stations in Germany opened in 1879
• Railway stations in Lower Saxony
• Buildings and structures in Oldenburg (city)
• Art Nouveau architecture in Germany
• Art Nouveau railway stations
• Railway stations in Germany opened in 1915
• Tourist attractions in Oldenburg (city)
• Bremen S-Bahn