Geldermalsen railway station

Geldermalsen
The station building
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°53′2″N5°16′15″E / 51.88389°N 5.27083°E / 51.88389; 5.27083
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Qbuzz
Line(s)	Utrecht–Boxtel railway Elst–Dordrecht railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	4
History
Opened	1 Nov 1868
Services
Preceding station Qbuzz Following station Beesd towards Dordrecht Line 7200 Terminus Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Culemborg towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 6000 After 18:00 and Fri-Sun Zaltbommel towards 's-Hertogenbosch Culemborg towards Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 6700 After 18:00 and Fri-Sun Tiel Passewaaij towards Tiel Culemborg towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 6900 Mon-Thur until 18:00 Culemborg towards Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 8800 Mon-Thur until 18:00 Zaltbommel towards 's-Hertogenbosch
Location Geldermalsen Location within Netherlands

Geldermalsen is a railway station in the town of Geldermalsen, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 Nov 1868. ^{[1] [2]} The station is a junction, with an island platform for easy transfers. To reach the platforms from outside of the station, passengers must use a tunnel.

The current building dates from 1884. ^[3] The station is at the junction of two lines: the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station is currently served by trains from Qbuzz and NS. Previously, Arriva served this station along with NS, but on 9 Dec 2018, Qbuzz took over services from Arriva. ^[4]

Train services

Route	Service type	Operator	Notes
Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel	Local ("Sprinter")	NS	2x per hour
The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch	Local ("Sprinter")	NS	2x per hour
Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen	Local ("Stoptrein")	Qbuzz	2x per hour

Bus services

Line	Route	Operator	Notes
47	Geldermalsen - Meteren - Waardenburg - Haaften - Hellouw - Herwijnen - Vuren - Gorinchem	Arriva and Juijn
260	Geldermalsen - Deil - Enspijk - Beesd - Rumpt - Rhenoy - Acquoy - Asperen - Leerdam	Arriva	On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
261	Geldermalsen - Meteren - Est	Arriva	On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
262	Geldermalsen - Buurmalsen - Tricht	Arriva	On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
543	Tiel - Geldermalsen Poppenbouwing - Geldermalsen Station	Arriva	Rush hours only, with one extra run around noon.
621	Geldermalsen → Deil → Enspijk → Gorinchem	Juijn	Only 1 run during morning rush hour.
625	Gorinchem (→ Waardenburg) → Meteren → Geldermalsen (→ Deil → Enspijk)	Juijn	Various runs on a flexible schedule, but mostly during the afternoon.
627	Gorinchem → Meteren → Geldermalsen → Deil → Enspijk	Juijn	Only 1 run during afternoon rush hour.

References

1. Stenvert, Ronald; Kolman, Chris; Broekhoven, Sabine; Meierink, Ben Olde; Tenten, Marc. "Monumenten in Nederland. Gelderland". DBNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
2. "station Geldermalsen". Stationsweb.nl. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012.
3. "Station Geldermalsen: hoofdgebouw in Geldermalsen". rijksmonumenten.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
4. "Qbuzz wint MerwedeLingelijn Dordrecht – Geldermalsen". Treinreiziger.nl (in Dutch). 10 January 2018.

External links

• Arriva website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)