Schleswig station is the station of the city of Schleswig in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

. It is located on the Neumünster–Flensburg and Husum–Jübek-Schleswig–Kiel lines. It is currently operated by Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...

, which classifies it as a category 5 station

German railway station categories

About 5,400 railway stations in Germany that are owned and operated by the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Station&Service are assigned into seven categories, denoting the service level available at the station....

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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

Satrup

Satrup is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km north of Schleswig, and 15 km southeast of Flensburg....

, Kappeln

Kappeln

Kappeln is a town in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north bank of the Schlei, approx. northeast of Schleswig, and southeast of Flensburg....

 via Süderbrarup

Süderbrarup

Süderbrarup is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north side of the Schlei, approx. 20 km northeast of Schleswig, and 30 km southeast of Flensburg...

 and to Friedrichstadt

Friedrichstadt

Friedrichstadt is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider approx. 12 km south of Husum. It was founded in 1621 by Dutch settlers...

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Operations

In long-distance traffic, since 9 December 2007, Intercity-Express trains on the Aarhus

Århus Central Station

Aarhus Central Station is the main railroad station in the Danish city of Århus.Serving as the main connecting hub for rail traffic between Aarhus and rest of Denmark on inter-city rail and commuter rail, the station is used by an average of 6.3 million people per year, making it the busiest train...

–Hamburg–Berlin

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

' , is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. It began full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006. It is located on the site of the historic Lehrter Bahnhof, and until it opened as a main line station, it was a stop on the Berlin S-Bahn suburban railway temporarily...

 route have stopped in Schleswig. There is also a pair of InterCity

Intercity (Deutsche Bahn)

Intercity is the second-highest train classification in Germany, after the ICE. Intercity services are loco-hauled express services, usually over long-distances. There are Intercity routes throughout Germany, and routes generally operate with a two-hour frequency, with multiple routes giving a more...

 trains on the weekend that run directly from Flensburg to Berlin and Cologne.

DB Regionalbahn Schleswig Holstein (DB-SH) operates Regional-Express and 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 between Neumünster and Flensburg every hour or two hours.

The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB, now operated by Veolia Verkehr

Veolia Verkehr

Veolia Verkehr GmbH is a private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3, 2006, Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names....

) operates services on the Husum–Jübek–Schleswig–Rendsburg–Kiel route with modern trains every hour. Rail service on this route are substantially enhanced during the Kiel Week

Kiel Week

Kiel Week is an annual sailing event in Kiel, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in the world, and also one of the largest Volksfest in Europe.- Procedure :...

sailing event, so that locomotive-hauled trains are also operated.

Tracks

The station has several tracks, two of which have a platform that is used for passenger operations. Trains operate as follows:

• Platform track 1: long-distance trains to Denmark, regional trains of the DB-SH services to Flensburg/Padborg and regional trains of the NOB to Husum/Bad St. Peter-Ording
• Platform track 3: long-distance and regional trains to Hamburg, regional trains of the DB-SH to Neumünster and regional trains of the NOB to Kiel

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