Heerlen railway station

Heerlen
Station statistics
Coordinates
Lines Sittard–Herzogenrath railway
Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway
Other information
Opened 1896
Owned by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
toward Schagen
 NS Intercity 800
Terminus
toward Maastricht
 Veolia Sneltrein 32100 Terminus
Veolia Stoptrein 32000
toward Sittard
 NS Sprinter 6900 Terminus
Terminus RB 20
euregiobahn
toward Stolberg-Altstadt
Location

Heerlen is a railway station located in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Contents

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway. The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down. From Heerlen, you can travel to Aachen and some other destinations in Germany, nearer to the Dutch border. There is an Intercity that travels from the north of the country to the south.

Destinations

Major destinations from Heerlen include:

Sittard, Roermond, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Aachen, Maastricht, Valkenburg.

Rotterdam, Delft and Den Haag can be reached by changing at Eindhoven. From Utrecht Centraal railway stations can be reached all over the country.

Train services

The following services currently call at Heerlen:

Bus services

There is a large new bus station at the back of the rail station:

Railway stations in Limburg (Netherlands)