Geldermalsen railway station

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Geldermalsen
Geldermalsen station.jpg
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
Platforms1
Tracks4
History
Opened1 Nov 1868
Services
Preceding station Qbuzz Following station
Beesd
towards Dordrecht
Line 7200Terminus
Preceding station Nederlandse spoorwegen logo.svg Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Culemborg NS Sprinter 6000 Tiel Passewaaij
NS Sprinter 16000
Arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch
Zaltbommel
Location
Railroads Netherlands 2013.svg
Map pointer.svg
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 bridge.

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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

RouteService typeOperatorNotes
Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - TielLocal ("Sprinter") NS 2x per hour
The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-HertogenboschLocal ("Sprinter") NS 2x per hour
Dordrecht - Gorinchem - GeldermalsenLocal ("Stoptrein") Qbuzz 2x per hour

Bus services

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

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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.
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  4. "Qbuzz wint MerwedeLingelijn Dordrecht – Geldermalsen". Treinreiziger.nl (in Dutch). 10 January 2018.