Venlo railway station

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Venlo
Code	Vl
Opened	1865
Platform tracks	6

Station square

Venlo is the railway station for the city of Venlo in the province of Limburg, The Netherlands.

The first station in Venlo was opened on November 21, 1865. The current building dates to 1958 and is a typical Dutch station of the post-war era, featuring a clock tower and a large canopy spanning the front of the station.

There is a bus station for regional and city buses in front of the station, as well as a car park.

[edit] Operational usage

The following Dutch train lines call at Venlo:

1900 Intercity Den Haag Centraal – Venlo (half-hourly, calls all stations on Helmond - Venlo)
Veolia Stoptrein Nijmegen – Venlo – Roermond (half-hourly)

Additionally, one international service to Germany calls at the station:

9000 RegionalExpress Venlo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Hamm (Maas-Wupper-Express, hourly)

Venlo is a border station and therefore sees a significant number of shunting movements. On several tracks, the catenary can be switched between the 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC used on the Deutsche Bahn network and the 1500 V DC used by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Some diverted ICE, Citynightline and special vacationtrains call at Venlo. The latter two change their Dutch NS locomotives for German ones. German RE13 trains from Hamm pull into the station with the locomotive staying at the eastward end of the train thanks to the use of driving van trailers, then reverse out of the station with the locomotive in front, so that no shunting movements are needed.