Groningen railway station

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Groningen

Station statistics
Address	Netherlands
Coordinates	53°12′38″N 6°33′53″E / 53.21056°N 6.56472°E / 53.21056; 6.56472Coordinates: 53°12′38″N 6°33′53″E / 53.21056°N 6.56472°E / 53.21056; 6.56472
Line(s)	Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Meppel–Groningen railway Groningen–Delfzijl railway
Other information
Opened	1 June 1866
Location

Groningen is the main railway station in Groningen, the Netherlands. In Groningen, the station is also called Hoofdstation. The station opened on 1 June 1866 and is on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway. The first building was a temporary structure outside the former fortifications. In 1870, with the Meppel–Groningen railway, the station was connected with the central Netherlands. In 1884 the Groningen–Delfzijl railway opened, and in 1893 the connection to Roodeschool opened. The station building that still stands today was completed in 1896.

The station has nine platforms and behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. Groningen is now the furthest north that Nederlandse Spoorwegen operates, with all services further north operated by Arriva. Two free internet terminals can be found in the information centre by the main entrance/exit.

Major destinations

From Groningen you can directly travel to places such as:

Assen, Zwolle, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Gouda, The Hague, Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol), Hoogeveen, Leeuwarden, Roodeschool, Delfzijl, Winschoten, Nieuweschans and Leer (Germany).

Train services

The following services call at Groningen:

1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen
1x per hour intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Groningen
1x per hour express service (sneltrein) Leeuwarden - Buitenpost - Groningen
2x per hour local service (sprinter) Zwolle - Assen - Groningen
1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Winschoten - Bad Nieuweschans - Leer
2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leeuwarden - Groningen
2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Winschoten
2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Roodeschool
2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Delfzijl
2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Veendam

Preceding station	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	Following station
Assen toward Rotterdam Centraal	NS Intercity 500	Terminus
Assen toward Den Haag Centraal	NS Intercity 700	Terminus
Buitenpost toward Leeuwarden	Arriva Sneltrein 37300	Terminus
Groningen Europapark toward Zwolle	NS Sprinter 9100	Terminus
Terminus	Arriva Stoptrein 20300	Groningen Europapark toward Leer
Zuidhorn toward Leeuwarden	Arriva Stoptrein 37400	Terminus
Terminus	Arriva Stoptrein 37500	Groningen Europapark toward Winschoten
Terminus	Arriva Stoptrein 37600	Groningen Noord toward Roodeschool
Terminus	Arriva Stoptrein 37700	Groningen Noord toward Delfzijl
Terminus	Arriva Stoptrein 37800	Groningen Europapark toward Veendam

External links

	Dutch Rijksmonument 18691

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Station Groningen.

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

v t e Railway stations in Groningen

Appingedam Baflo Bedum Delfzijl West Grijpskerk Groningen Europapark Noord Haren Hoogezand-Sappemeer Kropswolde Loppersum Martenshoek Nieuweschans Roodeschool Sappemeer Oost Sauwerd Scheemda Stedum Uithuizen Uithuizermeeden Usquert Veendam Warffum Winschoten Winsum Zuidbroek Zuidhorn

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