Herford station

Herford
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
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
DS100 code	EHFD
IBNR	8000162
Category	2
Fare zone	Westfalentarif: 62001
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	15 October 1847; current station building: 1902;
Services

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Stationspreisliste 2024" [Station price list 2024] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Fahrtauskunft". Westfalentarif. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
^ "Herford station operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "Station track plan" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
^ "Platform heights and lengths" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.