Eijsden railway station
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| Code | Edn |
| Opened | 1861 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Platform tracks | 2 |
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Eijsden railway station (Edn) is the now disused railway station of Eijsden, Limburg, the Netherlands. The railway was station was opened on November 24, 1861 and was closed on December 10, 2006. It was the southernmost railway station in the Netherlands.
The railway station was located on the railway line between Liège-Guillemins (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands). In the final years of its existence, only trains of the National Railway Company of Belgium between the two stations halted in Eijsden; Nederlandse Spoorwegen trains no longer used the station.
When the National Railway Company of Belgium extended the InterCity line between Brussels-South and Liège-Guillemins to Maastricht, the regular local service between Liège-Guillemins and Maastricht was halted. The InterCity trains were too long to halt in Eijsden, so the railway station was closed. A new busline was opened between Maastricht and the railway station in Visé (Belgium) to serve Eijsden.
After the closure of the railway station, citizens of Eijsden formed the committee "Trein Terug In Eijsden" (Return the Train To Eijsden), which aims to reopen the railway station. A problem with this is the fact that the overhead lines at the railway station carry 3kV direct current, like the Belgian railway network, whereas the Dutch railway network carries 1.5kV. This makes it impossible for Dutch electric trains to reach Eijsden.
