Schleswig station


Schleswig station is the station of the city of Schleswig in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is located on the Neumünster–Flensburg and Husum–Jübek-Schleswig–Kiel lines. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn, which classifies it as a category 5 station.

History

Formerly, the station was connected to Schleswig Altstadt station by a three kilometre-long line of the Schleswig District Railway, which connected to lines to Satrup, Kappeln via Süderbrarup and to Friedrichstadt.

Operations

In long-distance traffic, since 9 December 2007, daily Intercity-Express trains on the Aarhus–Hamburg–Berlin route have stopped in Schleswig, but this service ended in December 2015 and was replaced by EuroCity trains which continue to Copenhagen instead of Aarhus.
DB Regio Nord operates hourly Regional-Express services between Hamburg and Flensburg and Nordbahn operates services between Husum and Kiel.
LineRouteIntervalOperator
SchleswigHamburgHannoverFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport [regional station|Frankfurt Airport regional]One train pairDB Fernverkehr
SchleswigHamburgBerlinDresdenPragueOne train pairDB Fernverkehr / České dráhy
Hamburg – SchleswigPadborg – – Odense – – CopenhagenEvery two hoursDB Fernverkehr / DSB
Hamburg – ElmshornNeumünsterRendsburgSchleswig – FlensburgHourlyDB Regio Nord
HusumJübekSchleswig – Owschlag – Rendsburg – Felde – KielHourlynordbahn

Tracks

The station has three tracks, two of which have a platform that is used for passenger operations. Trains operate as follows:
  • Platform 1: Long-distance trains to Flensburg, RB-SH regional services to Flensburg and Husum
  • Platform 3: Long-distance trains to Hamburg, RB-SH regional services to Hamburg and Kiel