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title: "Arriving by train - Teutoburg Forest East Westphalia-Lippe"
url: "https://en.teutoburgerwald.de/travel-planning/service/arrival-and-transport/railway"
description: "You can travel comfortably by train from the Rhineland and Ruhr area or from Hanover, Hamburg and Berlin to Teuto in no time at all."
language: "en"
breadcrumb: "Root > Teutoburg Forest > Travel planning > Service > Arrival and transport > Railway"
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  - "[Translate to Englisch:] Anreise"
  - "Bahn"
  - "Zug"
  - "Teutoburger Wald"
  - "Ostwestfalen-Lippe"
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travel by train
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With Deutsche Bahn, you can travel comfortably from the Rhineland and Ruhr area or from Hanover and Berlin to Teuto in no time at all.

Important and central railway stations:
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Two people on the train

- Bielefeld Central Station
- Gütersloh Central Station
- Herford
- Minden (Westphalia) – rail connection to the Netherlands
- Paderborn Central Station
- Bad Oeynhausen
- Bünde (Westphalia) – rail connection to the Netherlands

Main lines Long-distance & ICE
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There are several ICE stops and stations with connections to long-distance services in the Teutoburg Forest holiday region.

- ICE/IC stops in BielefeldICE:
    
    
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Düsseldorf
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Cologne
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Dortmund
    
    In addition, there is one nightly ICE service between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB via Minden, Bielefeld and Gütersloh.
    
    IC:
    
    
    - Dresden - Dortmund
- ICE/IC stops in MindenICE:
    
    
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Düsseldorf
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Cologne
    
    In addition, there is one nightly ICE service between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB via Minden, Bielefeld and Gütersloh.
    
    IC:
    
    
    - Dresden - Dortmund
- ICE/IC stops in PaderbornICE:
    
    
    - Munich - Oberhausen (once daily)
    - Frankfurt Hbf - Munich (once daily)
    
    IC:
    
    
    - Gera - Cologne (also via Altenbeken and Warburg)
    - Gera - Düsseldorf (also via Altenbeken and Warburg)
- ICE stops in Herford
    
    
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Düsseldorf
    - Berlin Ostbahnhof - Dortmund
- IC stops in Gütersloh
    
    
    - Dresden - Dortmund
    
    In addition, there is one nightly ICE service between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB via Minden, Bielefeld and Gütersloh.
- IC stops in Bad Oeynhausen
    
    
    - Dresden - Dortmund

In addition to direct ICE and IC connections, the East Westphalia-Lippe region is excellently integrated into the German rail network. Important transport hubs are located nearby: Hanover, Osnabrück and Hamm (Westphalia) can be reached in a short time and offer numerous transfer options. This creates a dense network of connections to all major cities in Germany – whether to Hamburg, Berlin, Munich or the Ruhr area.

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Travelling regionally by train
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The train is also the ideal choice for shorter journeys and excursions within the region. Numerous regional express and regional train lines reliably connect towns and villages in the Teutoburg Forest holiday region. This allows you to plan local excursions just as flexibly as spontaneous trips to the surrounding regions – without a car and in complete comfort.

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