Borken (Westf) station
Borken station is the main station of the town of Borken and important transport hub of west Münsterland in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Borken station is a former railway junction on the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk railway, the Empel-Rees–Münster railway and the Borken–Steinfurt railway. Since 1996, it has been the terminus of the only section of the Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line that is still operating.
History
The Dutch Westphalian Railway began to build its Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Winterswijk line in 1878. It opened it together with the line from Borken-Gemen station as a through station on 21 June 1880. It was named Borken station on 6 March 1883.The Prussian state railways took over the line of the NWE in 1889. On 1 August 1902, it opened the Empel-Rees–Münster railway from Bocholt station, making Borken station into a railway junction. Just two months later, on 1 October 1902, the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn opened its terminus of the Borken–Steinfurt line nearby. On 1 October 1904, the PSE opened the Borken-Coesfeld section of the Empel-Rees–Münster line.
Operations
Borken station is now served only by a single Regional-Express service. This is like a Stadt-Express service, as it stops on the section south of Gladbeck West only at the most important stations, while each station is served on the northern section:| Line | Route | Operator | Frequency |
| List of regional railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia#Lines 10–19| Der Borkener | Borken – Hervest-Dorsten – Dorsten – Bottrop – Essen | NWB | 60 min |
Bus services
| Line | Route |
| Borken station - Borken Alter Kirchplatz - Reken station - Reken Babarastr. - Klein Reken | |
| Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck-Heiden station - Marbeck Bente - Borken station | |
| Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Denkmal - Marbeck-Heiden station - Rhade station | |
| Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Ramsdorf Ortsmitte - Holthausen Schule - Nordvelen Schlatt - Velen Ellinghaus | |
| Borken Wilbecke - Borken station - Weseke Schlückersring - Stadtlohn Wessendorf - Wüllen Am Spieker - Ahaus station | |
| Borken Jeanette-Wolf-Str. - Borken station - Borken Kettelerstr. - Borkenwirthe Epskamp - Burlo Kloster - Oeding level crossing - Südlohn Am Vereinshaus | |
| Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westborken Schlöter - Hoxfeld Wüst - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Westborken - An der Höchte | |
| Borken Landwehr - Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Borken Wagnerstr. - Gemen-RotKreuz Zenter | |
| Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Gemenwirthe Alte Mühle - Burlo Kloster | |
| Borken station - Gemen Evers - Weseke Im Brink - Weseke Südlohner Str. - Burlo Kloster - Borkenwirthe Hl.-Kreuz-Kirchen - Grütlohn Jünck - Borken cemetery - Borken station | |
| Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westenborken Schlöter - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Rhedebrügge Heselhaus - Grütlohn Grütering - Borken cemetery - Borken station | |
| Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Borken station - Gemen Ortsmitte - Velen Ellinghaus - Flamschen Emmerick - Coesfeld station - Höven Kreuzung - Legden Dorf Münsterland | |
| Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Waidmannsheil - Raesfeld Kirche - Erle cemetery - Schermbeck Försterei Müller - Rhade Ort - Rhade station - Deuten station - Deuten Mitte - Dorsten bus station / Dorsten station | |
| Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Hoxfeld Kaninchenberg - Borken Sägewerk - Borken station - Velen Ellinghaus - Hochmoor Sparkasse - Gescher Lanfer - Goxel Klye - Coesfeld station | |
| Please see timetable | |
| Please see timetable | |
| Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Rhede Gudulakirche - Borken station - Merfeld church - Münster Inselbogen - Münster Hauptbahnhof |