Cologne-Minden Railway Company
As part of the construction of its trunk line from Cologne via the Ruhr valley to Minden, the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: "Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft", CME) opened the Hamm–Minden line on 15 October 1847, including the Rheda-Wiedenbrück station, originally called "Rheda in Westfalen".