Venlo railway station

Venlo
Station at night
Station statistics
Address	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°21′53″N 6°10′17″E / 51.36472°N 6.17139°E / 51.36472; 6.17139Coordinates: 51°21′53″N 6°10′17″E / 51.36472°N 6.17139°E / 51.36472; 6.17139
Line(s)	Maastricht–Venlo railway Viersen–Venlo railway Venlo–Eindhoven railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway
Platforms	6
Other information
Opened	1865
Station code	Vl
Operator	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Blerick toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1900 Terminus Blerick toward Nijmegen Veolia Stoptrein 32200 Tegelen toward Roermond Terminus RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express Kaldenkirchen toward Hamm
Location

Venlo is the railway station for the city of Venlo in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It is situated on the Maastricht–Venlo railway, the Viersen–Venlo railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Nijmegen–Venlo railway.

The first station in Venlo was opened on November 21, 1865. The current building dates from 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.

Train services

The following train services call at Venlo:

• 2x per hour intercity services The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
• 1x per hour regional services *Regional services RE 13 Venlo - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Hamm
• 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond

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 network.

External links

• Media related to Venlo train station at Wikimedia Commons
• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)