Nijmegen railway station

Nijmegen
General information
Location	Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°50′36″N5°51′09″E / 51.84333°N 5.85250°E / 51.84333; 5.85250
Line(s)	Tilburg–Nijmegen railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
Other information
Fare zone	VRR: 600 [Note 1] [1] [2]
History
Opened	9 August 1865;159 years ago (1865-08-09)
Services Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Arnhem Centraal towards Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 Terminus Arnhem Centraal towards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 3100 Arnhem Centraal towards Zwolle NS Intercity 3600 Oss towards Roosendaal Elst towards Utrecht Centraal NS Nachtnet 21430 Fri/Sat night only Terminus Nijmegen Lent towards Arnhem Centraal NS Sprinter 6600 Mon-Sat until 19:00 Nijmegen Goffert towards Dordrecht Terminus NS Sprinter 6600 After 19:00 and Sun Nijmegen Lent towards Zutphen NS Sprinter 7600 Terminus Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Terminus Stoptrein 32200 Nijmegen Heyendaal towards Roermond Stoptrein 32300 Nijmegen Heyendaal towards Venray
Location Nijmegen Location within Netherlands

Nijmegen railway station is the main railway station of Nijmegen in Gelderland, Netherlands. It was opened on 9 August 1865 and is located on the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway, Nijmegen–Venlo railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. It was extensively rebuilt after the war since the original station was severely damaged by a US bombing raid in February 1944 and during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Until 1991 there was a line into Germany from here to Kleve.

The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. The station is a central station for the whole area and is a busy interchange station.

Train services

As of 11 December 2016 ^[update] , the following train services call at this station:

• Express services:
  • Intercity: Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
  • Intercity: Schiphol Airport - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
  • Intercity: Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Roosendaal
• Local services:
  • Sprinter: Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Dordrecht
  • Sprinter: Zutphen - Arnhem - Nijmegen (- Wijchen)
  • Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond
  • Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venray

Bus services

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates a bus from the train station to Schiphol Airport for KLM customers. ^[3]

There is also an express bus service SB 58, operated by the German company NIAG to the German towns of Kranenburg, Kleve and Emmerich. The bus can be used with both Dutch OV-chipkaarts and German Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr tickets on the whole length of the route.

Breng is the main operator of local and regional bus services in the region, while Arriva also has one service connecting Nijmegen with Limburg.

Notes

1. VRR fares only apply to bus transport to and from Germany.

References

1. "Haltestellen VRR" (CSV). OpenData ÖPNV. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
2. "Tarifgebiete, Regionen & Preisstufen". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2025.
3. "Travel by bus or rail with a KLM ticket." KLM. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.

External links

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