Büchen station

Büchen
The entrance building in 2004 with track 140 on the "house" platform
General information
LocationLauenburger Str., Büchen, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates53°28′31″N 10°37′22″E / 53.4753°N 10.6229°E / 53.4753; 10.6229
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms5
Train operatorsDB Fernverkehr
DB Regio Nord
Erixx
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code929
DS100 codeALCH
IBNR8000058
Category3
Fare zoneHVV: D/726
Websitewww.bahnhof.de
History
Opened15 October 1851 (1851-10-15)
Electrified29 September 1996 (1996-09-29), 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC Overhead line
Passengers
4000
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Hamburg Hbf ICE 15
Sprinter
Ludwigslust
Hamburg-Bergedorf ICE 26 Schwerin Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 27 Ludwigslust
towards Dresden Hbf
Hamburg Hbf
One-way operation
ICE 29
Sprinter
Ludwigslust
Hamburg-Bergedorf IC/EC 27 Ludwigslust
Preceding station DB Regio Nordost Following station
Müssen
towards Hamburg Hbf
RE 1 Schwanheide
towards Rostock Hbf
Preceding station Following station
Mölln (Lauenb)
towards Kiel Hbf
RE 83 Lauenburg (Elbe)
towards Lüneburg
Location

Büchen station is a railway junction in Büchen in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. About 4,000 passengers embark or disembark each day (as of 2013).

In front of the station building there is a bus stop with connections to the surrounding villages. Büchen station is served by trains on the Berlin–Hamburg and Lübeck–Lüneburg lines.

During the division of Germany, Büchen was a border station on the line between Berlin and Hamburg in the Federal Republic of Germany.