# Borken (Westf) station

Borken (Westf) station (German: Bahnhof Borken (Westf)) 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 (NWE) 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 (Westphalia) station on 6 March 1883.
The Prussian state railways (PSE) 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 (Westphalian Lands Railway, WLE) 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 |
| RE 14 Emscher-Münsterland-Express | Borken – Hervest-Dorsten – Dorsten – Gladbeck West – Bottrop – Essen | NWB | 30 min |

### Bus services

| Line | Route |
| 713 | Borken station - Borken Alter Kirchplatz - Reken station - Reken Babarastr. - Klein Reken |
| 723 | Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck-Heiden station - Marbeck Bente - Borken station |
| 724 | Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Borken cemetery - Marbeck Denkmal - Marbeck-Heiden station - Rhade station |
| 751 | Nünning-Realschule - Borken station - Ramsdorf Ortsmitte - Holthausen Schule - Nordvelen Schlatt - Velen Ellinghaus |
| 753 | Borken Wilbecke - Borken station - Weseke Schlückersring - Stadtlohn Wessendorf - Wüllen Am Spieker - Ahaus station |
| 754 | Borken Jeanette-Wolf-Str. - Borken station - Borken Kettelerstr. - Borkenwirthe Epskamp - Burlo Kloster - Oeding level crossing - Südlohn Am Vereinshaus |
| 851 | Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westborken Schlöter - Hoxfeld Wüst - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Westborken - An der Höchte |
| 853 | Borken Landwehr - Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Borken Wagnerstr. - Gemen-RotKreuz Zenter |
| 854 | Borken station - Borken Jahnstr. - Gemenwirthe Alte Mühle - Burlo Kloster |
| B8 | Borken station - Gemen Evers - Weseke Im Brink - Weseke Südlohner Str. - Burlo Kloster - Borkenwirthe Hl.-Kreuz-Kirchen - Grütlohn Jünck - Borken cemetery - Borken station |
| B9 | Borken station - Borken cemetery - Westenborken Schlöter - Rhedebrügge Ortsmitte - Rhedebrügge Heselhaus - Grütlohn Grütering - Borken cemetery - Borken station |
| N20 | Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Borken station - Gemen Ortsmitte - Velen Ellinghaus - Flamschen Emmerick - Coesfeld station - Höven Kreuzung - Legden Dorf Münsterland |
| R21/VRR295 | 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 |
| R51 | Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Bocholt station - Hoxfeld Kaninchenberg - Borken Sägewerk - Borken station - Velen Ellinghaus - Hochmoor Sparkasse - Gescher Lanfer - Goxel Klye - Coesfeld station |
| R74 | Please see timetable |
| R76 | Please see timetable |
| S75 | Bocholt Bustreff/bus station - Rhede Gudulakirche - Borken station - Merfeld church - Münster Inselbogen - Münster Hauptbahnhof |