Heerlen railway station

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Heerlen
Heerlen station 2020 2.jpg
General information
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 50°53′27″N5°58′29″E / 50.89083°N 5.97472°E / 50.89083; 5.97472
Line(s) Sittard–Herzogenrath railway
Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway  [ de; nl ]
Platforms5
Other information
Station codehrl
History
Opened1896
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Sittard
towards Enkhuizen
NS Intercity 3900 Terminus
Preceding station Arriva Following station
Valkenburg Sneltrein 32100 Terminus
Heerlen Woonboulevard Stoptrein 32000
Hoensbroek
towards Sittard
Stoptrein 32500 Landgraaf
Landgraaf
towards Aachen Hbf
RE 18 LIMAX Valkenburg
towards Maastricht
Location
Railroads Netherlands 2013.svg
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Heerlen
Location within Netherlands

Heerlen is a railway station located in Heerlen, Netherlands.

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History

The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway  [ de; nl ]. The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down.

As part of the Maankwartier ("Moon Quarter") project, construction of an entirely new train station started in December 2012.

Train services

Veolia Stoptrein at Heerlen station, regional services have been taken over by Arriva as of 2016 Veolia in Heerlen.jpg
Veolia Stoptrein at Heerlen station, regional services have been taken over by Arriva as of 2016

The following train services call at this station:

Bus services

The following bus lines serve the bus station north of the railway station: (services shown here no longer exist or have different line numbers)

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