The original railway building was built to look like Sneek railway station, a building type known in Dutch as "Standaardtype Sneek". The current railway building, designed by Cees Douma, was opened in 1971, and the old building was demolished.
Train service
The station is served by the following services:
2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen
2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Dordrecht - Gorinchem
Bus services
The following bus services stop at Station Gorinchem:
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