▁work ▁at ▁the ▁station ▁was ▁completed ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁The ▁plans ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁station ▁and ▁adjacent ▁areas ▁were ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁Mun ster - born ▁chief ▁architect ▁of ▁Deutsche ▁Bundes bahn , ▁The odor ▁D ier ks me ier . ▁ ▁From ▁ 8 ▁June ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁in ▁Mün ster ▁was ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁Trans ▁Europ ▁Express ▁network . ▁The ▁TE A ▁Par s if al ▁express ▁ran ▁from ▁Hamburg ▁to ▁Paris ▁and ▁stopped ▁in ▁Mün ster . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁the ▁whole ▁line ▁between ▁the ▁Ru hr ▁and ▁Hamburg ▁was ▁elect r ified ; ▁the ▁line ▁between ▁Mün ster ▁and ▁the ▁Ru hr ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁elect r ified ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁The ▁line ▁was ▁elect r ified ▁to ▁Em den ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁Starting ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁the ▁private ▁railway ▁company ▁Hamburg - K ö ln - Express ▁provides ▁up ▁to ▁three ▁inter city ▁train ▁pairs ▁daily ▁along ▁the ▁route ▁Hamburg ▁- ▁Mün ster ▁- ▁C ologne . ▁The ▁French ▁rail ▁company ▁SN CF ▁is ▁also ▁thinking ▁about ▁a ▁new ▁T GV ▁lines , ▁including ▁a ▁route ▁from ▁Str as bourg ▁to ▁Frankfurt , ▁C ologne ▁and ▁Mün ster ▁to ▁Hamburg . ▁A ▁real ization ▁of ▁these ▁plans ▁could ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁no ▁further ▁plans ▁have ▁been ▁announced