Metelen Land station


Metelen Land station is located in Metelen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Münster–Enschede railway. The station is operated by the Metelen Land Railway Museum.
The station was opened by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company on 30 September 1875, along with the Münster–Enschede railway. The station was originally called Metelen and received its current name on 1 October 1902.
Metelen Land station is served by the following Regionalbahn service:
LineLine nameRouteOperatorFrequency
Euregio-BahnEnschede – Metelen Land – Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt – Altenberge – DB Regio NRW60 min

Metelen Land Railway Museum

The station is operated by the Eisenbahn-Interessengemeinschaft Metelen e. V.. It includes, among other things, the Metelen Land Railway Museum (Eisenbahnmuseum Metelen Land, which has a uniform and hat collection. The station’s fully functional mechanical signal box, a section of railway track with a crossover, a local and long distance barrier, homemade hand-operated inspection trolley, a salon car, workshop wagons, track maintenance equipment, a ticket printing machine, a weighing scale with card issuance, an industrial diesel locomotive and model railways can also be viewed.