Summary
Nijmegen railway station is the main railway station of Nijmegen in Gelderland, Netherlands. It was opened on 9 August 1865 and is located on the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway, Nijmegen–Venlo railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. It was extensively rebuilt after the war since the original station was severely damaged by a US bombing raid in February 1944 and during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Until 1991 there was a line into Germany from here to Kleve.
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| Location | Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°50′36″N 5°51′09″E / 51.84333°N 5.85250°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tilburg–Nijmegen railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 August 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. The station is a central station for the whole area and is a busy interchange station.
Train services edit
As of 11 December 2016[update], the following train services call at this station:
- Express services:
- Intercity: Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
- Intercity: Schiphol Airport - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
- Intercity: Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Roosendaal
- Local services:
- Sprinter: Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Dordrecht
- Sprinter: Zutphen - Arnhem - Nijmegen (- Wijchen)
- Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond
- Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venray
Bus services edit
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates a bus from the train station to Schiphol Airport for KLM customers.[1]
There is also an express bus service SB 58, operated by the German company NIAG to the German towns of Kranenburg, Kleve and Emmerich. The bus can be used with both Dutch OV-chipkaarts and German Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr tickets on the whole length of the route.
Breng is the main operator of local and regional bus services in the region, while Arriva also has one service connecting Nijmegen with Limburg.
References edit
External links edit
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)