Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede

Enschede

Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...

, the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway

Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway

The Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Zutphen to the German border at Glanerbrug, passing through Hengelo and Enschede. It is also called the Staatslijn D in Dutch. "Glanerbeek" is the former name for the Glanerbrug railway station. The line was opened...

. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 stopped. The connection to Gronau and Dortmund was re-opened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Holland, however there was before the line closed.

Train services

The following services call at Enschede:

• 1x per hour intercity service Schiphol - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede (combined 1600 and 10140)
• 1x per hour intercity service The Hague/Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Apeldoorn - Deventer - Almelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Nijverdal - Almelo - Enschede
• 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Lünen - Dortmund
• 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Münster

Bus services

Many bus services depart from the bus station in front of the station, many carrying a red Twents livery, for the Twente region (Eastern Overijssel

Overijssel

Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

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