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.

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Borken (Westf)
Terminus
General information
Location	Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Coordinates	51°50′55″N 6°51′56″E
Line(s)	Bismarck–Winterswijk (KBS 423) Empel-Rees–Münster railway (most recently KBS 286) Borken–Burgsteinfurt (most recently KBS 287)
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	785[1]
DS100 code	EBK[2]
Category	6[1]
Fare zone	Westfalentarif: 57651[3]
Website	www.bahnhof.de
History
Opened	21 June 1880 [4]
Services
Preceding station NordWestBahn Following station Terminus RE 14 Marbeck-Heiden towards Essen Hbf

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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.

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.^[4]

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.

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:^{[5] [6]}