Roermond railway station
Encyclopedia
Roermond is a railway station located in Roermond
, The Netherlands
. The station was opened on 21 November 1865 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway
and the Weert–Roermond railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
and Veolia. The station is the second busiest in Limburg
.
Roermond
Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...
, 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 was opened on 21 November 1865 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway
Maastricht–Venlo railway
The Maastricht–Venlo railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Maastricht to Venlo, passing through Sittard and Roermond. The line was opened in 1865...
and the Weert–Roermond railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
and Veolia. The station is the second busiest in Limburg
Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...
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Train service
The following services currently call at Roermond:- 2 hourly intercity services Schagen - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht/Heerlen (trains split/join in Sittard)
- 1 hourly local service (stoptrein) Sittard - Heerlen
- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond