Lübeck-Flughafen station

Lübeck Flughafen (Airport) station is an airport station on the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway in Lübeck in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It has been in service for passengers since May 2008. Lübeck-Blankensee station had been located in the same place, but it was closed a long time ago.

Lübeck-Flughafen station under construction
Lübeck Flughafen
Through station
Lübeck Flughafen station a few days after its opening
LocationLübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Coordinates53°48′15″N 10°41′52″E
Owned byDeutsche Bahn
Operated byDB Station&Service
Line(s)
Platforms1
Tracks1 side platform
Connections
  • RE 83
Other information
Station code3808
DS100 codeALB[1]
Category7[2]
History
OpenedMay 2008
Services
Preceding station   DB Regio Nord   Following station
Lübeck Hochschulstadtteil
toward Kiel Hbf
RE 83
via Lübeck
Ratzeburg
toward Lüneburg
Location
Lübeck Flughafen
Location in Schleswig-Holstein
Lübeck Flughafen
Location in Germany
Lübeck Flughafen
Location in Europe

The Lübeck–Lüneburg railway runs close to the currently unused Lübeck Airport. The opening of the station has improved the accessibility of the airport; the trip from Lübeck Hauptbahnhof has decreased from some 30 minutes by bus to less than ten minutes.

The installation of a lift to the bridge running above the platform has significantly shortened the route to the airport. The completion of the lift took over two years.

Rail services

The station is located on the Kiel–Lüneburg route. It is served hourly daily (weekdays and Sundays) in each direction (April 2013). So there are two departures every hour from this station. Scheduled services are operated with a class 648 (Alstom Coradia LINT) diesel multiple units. Coming from Kiel there is a direct connection without change from Kiel Hauptbahnhof to this station; from Hamburg, there are two connections per hour to this station, one with a change in Lübeck and the other with a change in Büchen.

The following service stops at the station:

Train class Route Timetable route
RE 83 Kiel Hbf – Preetz – Lübeck Hbf – Lübeck-Hochschulstadtteil – Lübeck Flughafen – Büchen – Lüneburg 145

Planning

It has been suggested that Lübeck Flughafen station (or Ratzeburg) could be the starting point for a service of a Lübeck S-Bahn that would run every half hour from here to Hochschulstadtteil, the Hauptbahnhof, Dänischburg, Kücknitz and Travemünde.

Notable places nearby

Notes
  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Stationspreisliste 2020" [Station price list 2020] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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