Editing Minden (section)

===Rail and bus===
[[File:Bahnhof MI.jpg|thumb|[[Minden railway station]] from 1848]]
[[File:MindenFischerstadt.jpg|thumb|''Fishermen's Town''; background: bridge of the ''Minden District Railways'']]
[[Minden station]] is connecting point of the [[Hanover–Minden railway]] and the [[Hamm–Minden railway]], which are part of the main lines connecting the [[Rhine-Ruhr]] region and [[Amsterdam]] with [[Berlin]], and the secondary [[Weser-Aller Railway]] between Minden and [[Nienburg, Lower Saxony|Nienburg]]. The railway station is a stop for local and express trains such as [[Intercity-Express]] and [[InterCity]].

Regional lines:
*RE 6 (''[[Rhein-Weser-Express]]'') Düsseldorf–Bielefeld–Minden,
*RE 60 (''[[Ems-Leine-Express]]'') / RE 70 (''[[Weser-Leine-Express]]'') Bielefeld/ Rheine–Minden–Hannover–Braunschweig
*RE 78 (''[[Nienburg–Minden railway|Porta-Express]]'') Bielefeld–Minden–Nienburg

Minden is terminal station of line S 1 of the [[Hanover S-Bahn]] to Hanover. All passenger platforms are accessible to handicapped persons.

The Minden District Railways ({{lang|de|Mindener Kreisbahnen}}) run two freight lines, one from Minden to Hille (Mittelland Canal port) in the west and the other one to Kleinenbremen in the east. The [[Minden Museum Railway]] ({{lang|de|Museumseisenbahn Minden}}) operates restored locomotives and rolling stock on these lines, in Kleinenbremen with the end at the [[visitors' mine]].

The main station is connected by bus with the central bus terminal ({{lang|de|Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof}}, ''ZOB'') in the town centre, where 13 bus lines rendezvous every half-hour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Teutoburger Wald Verkehr – Minden-Lübbecke |url=https://www.twv-bus.de/de/strecken/minden-bad-oeynhausen |access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> The local buses are coordinated with the regional buses to the other towns of the district.