Culemborg | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | Stationsweg 11, Culemborg Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°56′50″N5°13′38″E / 51.94722°N 5.22722°E | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Utrecht–Boxtel railway | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Station code | CI | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1868 | |||||||||||||
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Culemborg is a railway station in Culemborg, Netherlands.
The station opened on 1 November 1868 and is on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway. The station is in the southern end of the town, on the edge of the Pavijen industrial estate and near the sustainable development EVA Lanxmeer .
| Route | Service type | Operator | Notes |
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| Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel | Local ("Sprinter") | NS | 2x per hour |
| The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch | Local ("Sprinter") | NS | 2x per hour |
| Line | Route | Operator | Notes |
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| 46 | (Tiel Passewaaij -) Tiel Station - Kerk-Avezaath - Erichem - Buren - Asch - Zoelmond - Beusichem - Culemborg | Arriva and Juijn | During weekday daytime hours, this bus runs through to Tiel Passewaaij. Arriva operates this bus during weekday daytime hours, Juijn during evenings and weekends. |
| 146 | Culemborg - Everdingen - Hagestein - Vianen | Arriva and Juijn | |
| 641 | Lienden ← Ommeren ← Ingen ← Eck en Wiel - Maurik - Rijswijk - Ravenswaaij - Zoelmond - Beusichem - Culemborg | Juijn | Rush hours only. |
| 650 | Leerdam - Rhenoy - Rumpt - Beesd - Culemborg | Juijn | Rush hours only. |
Culemborg is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The city had a population of 29,386 on 1 January 2022 and is situated just south of the Lek river. Direct train lines run from the railway station towards the cities of Utrecht and Den Bosch, via the near railway bridge.
The Linge is a river in the Betuwe that is 99.8 km long, which makes it one of the longest rivers that flow entirely within the Netherlands.
Childebrand I was a Frankish duke (dux), illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and Alpaida, and brother of Charles Martel. He was born in Autun, where he later died. He married Emma of Austrasia and was given Burgundy by his father, becoming a duke. He distinguished himself in the expulsion of the Saracens from Francia alongside his brother when he captured Marseille, one of the largest cities still in Umayyad hands.
The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland. The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually became a county itself.
Schalkwijk is a small village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It consists of a small village centre on the railway line between Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch and a 5 km long ribbon of farms along the small channel Schalkwijksche Wetering.
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal and, for the last three years of his life, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John.
Jeroen van Veen is a Dutch classical pianist and composer. He has worked both as a soloist and in collaboration with other pianists. Some of his collaborations include duo work with his brother Maarten and his wife Sandra.
Antoine I de Lalaing (1480–1540), 1st count of Hoogstraten and of Culemborg, was a Hainautese nobleman who held various offices in the court of the Dukes of Burgundy.
The South African Railways Class 8E of 1983 is an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 36-000 is a diesel-electric locomotive.
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The South African Railways Class 5B 4-6-2 of 1904 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
Roelof de Man (1634–1663) was a Dutch colonial administrator in South Africa.
Bertha van Heukelom, was a Dutch noble, the legendary heroine of the Siege of IJsselstein Castle in 1296. She was the daughter of Otto I van Arkel lord of Heukelom and married around 1280 to Gijsbrecht van IJsselstein.
De Hoop or 't Jach is a tower mill in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1845 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.
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The Culemborg fireworks disaster occurred on Thursday 14 February 1991 in Culemborg, the Netherlands, on the border with the municipality of Vianen. A storage space for fireworks of the MS Vuurwerk BV company ignited and exploded. There were 2 deaths, 20 or 30 non-fatal injuries and the explosions caused heavy structural damage in a large surrounding area.
The lordship of Culemborg, elevated to a county in 1555, in the current province of Gelderland, was an independent polity that until 1720 was in principle not part of the Dutch Republic, but in practice was largely dependent on it. It consisted of the city of Culemborg and the villages of Everdingen, Goilberdingen and Zijderveld.
The Culemborg railway bridge is a tied-arch bridge in the Netherlands over the Lek, on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway.
