Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany stopped. The connection to Münster was reopened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Overijssel; however there was before the line closed.

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Enschede
Enschede station
General information
Location	Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°13′20″N 6°53′24″E
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway Enschede–Dortmund railway Enschede–Münster railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	5 (originally 6, because track 4 is physically divided in two)[1]
Connections	Arriva: 73, 74 Syntus: 60, 61, 62, 505, 506 RVM: T88
Construction
Architect	H.G Schelling
Architectural style	Nieuwe Zakelijkheid
Other information
Station code	Es
History
Opened	1 July 1866
Services Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Hengelo towards Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 1600 Terminus Hengelo towards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1700 Enschede Kennispark towards Apeldoorn NS Sprinter 7000 Preceding station Keolis Nederland Following station Enschede Kennispark towards Zwolle Sprinter 7900 Terminus Hengelo towards Zwolle Intercity 17900 Preceding station DB Regio NRW Following station Terminus RB 51 Enschede De Eschmarke towards Dortmund Hbf RB 64 Enschede De Eschmarke towards Münster Hbf
Location
Enschede Location within Netherlands

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From summer 2013 to summer 2014 the station is being largely modernised. The station was closed between 6 July and 18 August 2013, in which all the rails and overhead wires were replaced at the station. Platforms 1 and 2 were extended; platform 5 was closed. Platform 4 has been split in two, one part for the trains to Germany and the other part for the Sprinters. The two lines are still not connected. The sidings for stabling trains were also replaced and points replaced to reduce the noise made as trains pass over them.

On 1 July 1866 Enschede got a station on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway line. The station building was the Staatsspoor new type 3rd class design. Also Hengelo had such a station from 1866 to 1899. The current stations of Meppel (1865) and Station Zuidbroek (1865) also follow the same design.

The present building was designed after the Second World War and opened in 1950. The architect H.G.J. Schelling (1888-1978) designed the station to be a combination of both a through station and a terminus. It lost its status as a through station for the Netherlands rail network when the Deutsche Bahn terminated its services between Gronau and Enschede in 1981.

2000 saw some significant structural alterations. The sidesteps were removed, and a new entrance was built in the centre of the entrance hall.

The latest service addition to the station came on 18 November 2001, when DB Regio reopened the train service to Gronau and Münster/Dortmund. These trains departed from a newly constructed platform 5, located along the northern side of the newly constructed rail line connecting with the remainder of the station complex via the adjacent level crossing. After the renovation of 2013, the services to and from Germany were integrated into the station complex and moved to the eastern end of platform 4 which is now split into platforms 4a and 4b. As the Dutch and German rail lines use different rail safety systems, the tracks do not at any point physically connect. As such, for train services Enschede effectively became a "double terminus".

As of 11 December 2018^[update], the following train services call at this station:

Many bus services depart from the bus station in front of the station, many carrying a red Twents livery, for the Twente region (Eastern Overijssel).

• 1 - Wesselerbrink - Boswinkel - Station NS - Twekkelerveld - Twente University
• 2 - Helmerhoek - Station NS - Roombeek - Deppenbroek - Bolhaar
• 3 - Station NS - Wooldrik - Esmarke - Glanerbrug
• 4 - Stroinkslanden - Station NS - 't Zwering
• 5 - 't Zwering - Station NS - Hogeland
• 6 - Stokhorst - Laares - Station NS - Transportcentrum - Boekelo
• 8 - Hengelo Station - Hengelo, IKEA - Hengelo, Vossenbelt - Hengelo, Hasseler Es - Hengelo, Groot Driene - Twente University - Enschede Station NS - Van Heekplein - Wesselerbrink - Transportcentrum - Hengelo Station
• 9 - Hengelo - Twente University - Enschede
• 60 - Enschede - Oldenzaal
• 61 - Enschede - Losser - Overdinkel
• 62 - Borculo - Neede - Haaksbergen - Enschede - Oldenzaal - Denekamp
• 73 - Enschede - Haaksbergen - Groenlo - Winterswijk
• 74 - Enschede - Haaksbergen - Groenlo - Doetinchem

• Station square
• Main entrance
• Ticket gate
• NS DM90 and NS ICMm 4045 in Enschede
• DB Regio Talent in Enschede