Arrival by car
Altena is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the Märkisches Sauerland region to the east of the Ruhr area. The quickest way to reach Altena by car or coach is either via the A45 or the A46. On the A45, take the Lüdenscheid-Nord exit and follow the signs to Altena. If you are coming via the A46, leave the highway at the Iserlohn-Oestrich exit and drive through Nachrodt on the B234, always parallel to Lenne, to Altena.
Parking
Cars and coaches can park free of charge at the "Langer Kamp" parking lot for an unlimited period of time and on the right-hand side (when viewed from the Lenne). In addition, Altena offers several paid parking spaces along the Lenneuferstraße, at Holtzbrinck Castle, at Küstersort, at Markaner and at the town hall. You can download an overview here: Parking in Altena. You can find an overview of our charging stations for electric cars here: Charging stations.
Arrival by train
Altena (Westf.) station is served daily every 30 minutes by the Ruhr-Sieg-Express RE16 and the Ruhr-Sieg-Bahn RB91. For interregional journeys, use the Deutsche Bahn timetable information.
To the Abellio timetable information To the DB timetable information
From the station, it is a 10-minute walk to the city center and is signposted. Buses run on the opposite side of Bahnhofstraße towards Markaner ZOB (pedestrian zone access) and lines 38 and 37 continue along Lenneuferstraße towards Drahtmuseum.
Getting to Altena
Attention from Hagen: The train is divided in Letmathe. Make sure that you are on the section that goes to Siegen via Altena. Otherwise it will go to Iserlohn.
Departure from Altena
Trains to Hagen depart from Altena station from 5:18 a.m. (Sun. 6:18 a.m.) until 11:23 p.m. Trains to Siegen depart from Altena from 6:40 a.m. until 11:40 p.m. Monday to Friday from 6:05 a.m. On Saturday and Sunday there is another train at 00:51 a.m.