Münster–Enschede railway

Münster–Enschede railway
Overview
Line number2014
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the Netherlands
Service
Route number407
Technical
Line length64 km (40 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

(connecting track dismantled)
53.6
Enschede
(connecting track dismantled)
Hengelosestraat
Oldenzaalsestraat
57.7
Enschede De Eschmarke
59.4
Glanerbrug
59.7
59.0
Gronau border
NL /D border
56.1
Gronau (Westf)
To Bad Bentheim-Coevorden
52.4
Urenco siding
44.9
Ochtrup
Former line to Rheine
38.1
Metelen Land
Former line from Ahaus
32.5
Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt
28.4
Borghorst (Westf) VEW siding
28.2
Steinfurt-Grottenkamp
26.6
Steinfurt-Borghorst
20.1
Nordwalde
17.0
Altenberge
10.3
Münster-Häger
6.2
Kinderhaus
3.7
Nevinghoff
Marienthal siding
3.4
Münster-Zentrum Nord
0.6
Münster (Westf) Hbf
Source: German railway atlas

The Münster–Enschede railway is a 64 km long, continuous single-track and non-electrified branch line from Münster via Gronau in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to Enschede in the Netherlands.

Regionalbahn service RB 64 (Euregio-Bahn) runs over it.

The Münster-Enschede Railway Company (Münster-Enscheder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, MEE) planned the line and started its construction, but its completion was carried out by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE), which was funded by the Prussian government.