Dillenburg station
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Dillenburg station is a through station in the town of Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....

 in the German state of Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

. Immediately adjacent to the station is the central bus station, which is served by many bus lines connecting to the surrounding countryside. Together they form the public transport node of Dillenburg.

Train services

The following services currently call at Dillenburg:
  • Main-Sieg-Express Siegen - Dillenburg - Gießen - Friedberg - Frankfurt (Main)
  • Mittelhessen-Express Dillenburg - Gießen - Friedberg - Frankfurt (Main)

Series Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
EC62 DB/OBB Siegen
Siegen station
Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.-History :...

 - Dillenburg
Dillenburg station
Dillenburg station is a through station in the town of Dillenburg in the German state of Hesse. Immediately adjacent to the station is the central bus station, which is served by many bus lines connecting to the surrounding countryside...

 - Herborn - Wetzlar
Wetzlar station
Wetzlar station is a through station in the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse on the Dill and Lahn Valley Railways. It is the most important public transport node in Wetzlar together with the adjacent bus station.-History:...

 - Gießen
Gießen station
Gießen railway station is the main railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany. The station is a Category 2 station is used by 20,000 passengers daily. The station was opened on 25 August 1850 and is located on the Main-Weser Railway and Dill railway . The current station reception building was...

 - Bad Nauheim - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
is the central station for Frankfurt am Main. In terms of railway traffic, it is the busiest railway station in Germany. With about 350,000 passengers per day the station is the second most frequented railway station in Germany and one of the most frequented in Europe.- Proto-history :In the late...

 - Damstadt Hbf
Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the German city Darmstadt. After Frankfurt Hbf and Wiesbaden Hbf, it is the third largest station in the state of Hesse. It is the second busiest station in Hesse, servicing 35 000 passengers and 220 trains per day....

 - Bensheim - Weinheim - Heidelberg Hbf
Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof
is the central station for Heidelberg. In 2005 it was used by 30,472 passengers daily and is one of the largest passenger stations in Baden-Wurttemberg. The main station entrance opened in 1955 in Willy-Brandt-Platz in the western district of Heidelberg, on the edge of the district. Diagonally...

 - Stuttgart Hbf
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Stuttgart, the capital of the Land of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. It is the largest regional and long-distance railway station in Stuttgart, the main node of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network, and, together with the halt at Charlottenplatz, the main...

 - Ulm Hbf
Ulm Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof or central railway station for the city of Ulm, which lies on the Danube, on the border of the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. It is on ICE line from Stuttgart to Munich and the Paris –Budapest Magistrale for Europe line that is supported by the European Union...

 - Günzburg - Augsburg Hbf
Augsburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof for the Bavarian city of Augsburg, situated in southern Germany.The station has one of the oldest still existing station halls in Germany, which was built from 1843 to 1846 after plans by architect Eduard Rüber. It was reconstructed in 1869 according to Friedrich Bürklein's plans...

 - München Hbf
München Hauptbahnhof
Munich Central Station is the main railway station of the city of Munich in Germany. It is one of the three long distance train stations in Munich, the others being München-Pasing and München Ost. The station sees about 350,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in...

 - München Ost - Rosenheim
Rosenheim station
Rosenheim station is the largest railway station between Munich and Salzburg / Innsbruck and is located in the centre of the city of Rosenheim in Upper Bavaria, Germany.- Description, Location, Importance and History:...

 - Prien am Chiemsee - Traunstein - Freilassing - Salzburg Hbf
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof at Salzburg, capital of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria. It is the most important station in the agglomeration of Salzburg, and a major transportation hub in western Austria.-Overview:...

 - Golling-Abtenau - Bischofshofen - Sankt Johann im Pongau - Schwarzach-St. Veit - Dorfgastein - Bad Hofgastein - Bad Gastein - Mallnitz-Obervellach - Spittal-Millstätter See - Villach Hbf
Villach Hauptbahnhof
Villach Hauptbahnhof is the main station at Villach, the second largest city in the federal state of Carinthia in Austria.- External links :...

 - Velden/Wörther See - Pörtschach/Wörther See - Krumpendorf/Wörther See - Klagenfurt Hbf
Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof
Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof is the main station at Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, the capital city of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria....

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Passengers

Dillenburg station has five platform tracks and is served by Regional-Express services, the Mittelhessen-Express, Regionalbahn
RegionalBahn
The Regionalbahn is a type of local passenger train in Germany.-Service:Regionalbahn trains usually call at all stations on a given line, with the exception of RB trains within S-Bahn networks, these may only call at selected stations...

 services and a pair of EuroCity
EuroCity
EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. In contrast to trains with the "IC" label, "EC" trains are international trains that meet certain criteria. The EuroCity label replaces the older Trans Europ Express name for...

 trains on the Siegen–Klagenfurt route. With occasional exceptions, trains run regularly from platforms, as follows:
Track Direction
1 Mittelhessen-Express to Gießen
Gießen station
Gießen railway station is the main railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany. The station is a Category 2 station is used by 20,000 passengers daily. The station was opened on 25 August 1850 and is located on the Main-Weser Railway and Dill railway . The current station reception building was...

 and Frankfurt, Heller Valley Railway to Betzdorf
Betzdorf, Germany
Betzdorf is a town and municipality in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the district of Altenkirchen. Betzdorf is located on the river Sieg, approx. 15 km south-west of Siegen. Betzdorf is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf...

2 Mittelhessen-Express to Gießen and Frankfurt
3 Main-Sieg-Express to Gießen and Frankfurt
4 Main-Sieg-Express to Siegen
Siegen station
Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.-History :...

5 Sieg-Dill-Bahn
DreiLänderBahn
DreiLänderBahn is the name under which DB Regio NRW, a subsidiary of the German national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, operates a regional group of three light railway lines in the German states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.- Services :There are three different...

to Siegen and Au (Sieg)

Line Route Frequency
Siegen
Siegen station
Siegen station is the main station of the town of Siegen, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in close to the modern centre of Siegen, which includes the bus station and the Sieg Carré and City Galerie shopping centres.-History :...

 – Dillenburg – Frankfurt Hbf – Stuttgart Hbf
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof of the city of Stuttgart, the capital of the Land of Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. It is the largest regional and long-distance railway station in Stuttgart, the main node of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network, and, together with the halt at Charlottenplatz, the main...

 – Munich Hbf
München Hauptbahnhof
Munich Central Station is the main railway station of the city of Munich in Germany. It is one of the three long distance train stations in Munich, the others being München-Pasing and München Ost. The station sees about 350,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in...

 – Salzburg Hbf
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
is the Hauptbahnhof at Salzburg, capital of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria. It is the most important station in the agglomeration of Salzburg, and a major transportation hub in western Austria.-Overview:...

 – Klagenfurt Hbf
Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof
Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof is the main station at Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, the capital city of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria....

 
one train pair

Freight

The station is divided into two parts: the passenger station and the adjacent freight yard to its south. Here, regional freight traffic from Haiger and Dillenburg stations is consolidated and linked to the national transport network via the Wetzlar and Kreuztal freight yards. Dillenburg freight yard is also of great importance for the supply of the local ThyssenKrupp Nirosta
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta is a business segment of ThyssenKrupp, headquartered in Krefeld, Germany. It produces flats of stainless steel....

 steel mill with steel coils, delivered every day except Thursday in a single train from the Ruhr
Ruhr
The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine.-Description:The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 2,200 feet...

 area (especially Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

).

History

Until the cessation of passenger service on the Schelde Valley Railway between Dillenburg and Wallau (Lahn) and the Dietzhölz Valley Railway between Dillenburg and Ewersbach, the station had another platform with tracks 9 and 10, from which trains departed for these two branch lines. Access to this platform is no longer possible.

Local connections

The bus station is next to the railway station, which is served by all local and regional bus lines. There is a taxi stand and short-term parking next to the station. Further south there is long stay parking.
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