Herford station

Herford
Through station
General information
Location	Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	52°07′10″N 8°39′50″E / 52.11944°N 8.66389°E / 52.11944; 8.66389
Line(s)	Hamm–Minden (KBS 370 and KBS 400) Herford–Bünde–Rahden/Rheine (KBS 386) Herford–Altenbeken (KBS 405)
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	2708[1]
DS100 code	EHFD [2]
IBNR	8000162
Category	2[1]
Fare zone	Westfalentarif: 62001[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1847[4] current station building: 1902
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Bielefeld Hbf towards Köln Hbf ICE 10 Minden (Westfalen) One-way operation Bielefeld Hbf towards Aachen Hbf ICE 14 Hannover Hbf towards Berlin Ostbahnhof Bielefeld Hbf towards Köln Hbf IC 55 Bad Oeynhausen towards Dresden Hbf Preceding station National Express Germany Following station Bielefeld Hbf towards Cologne/Bonn Airport RE 6 (Rhein-Weser-Express) Löhne towards Minden Preceding station Following station Bielefeld Hbf Terminus RE 78 Löhne towards Nienburg (Weser) Brake bei Bielefeld towards Bielefeld Hbf RB 61 Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln towards Hengelo RB 71 Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln towards Rahden Terminus RB 72 Bad Salzuflen towards Paderborn Hbf Preceding station Following station Bielefeld Hbf Terminus RE 70 Löhne towards Braunschweig Hbf

Herford station is a junction station with four platforms and seven platform tracks^[5][6] in the town of Herford in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies on the quadruple track, electrified Hamm–Minden railway, a section of the original route of the historic Cologne-Minden Railway Company.

In Herford Station, the line to Altenbeken branches off to the south and the Ravensberg Railway branches off towards the north to Bünde and Rahden with a connection to the Löhne–Rheine railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 2 station.^[1]