Winterswijk railway station

Winterswijk
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°58′03″N 6°42′56″E / 51.96750°N 6.71556°E / 51.96750; 6.71556Coordinates: 51°58′03″N 6°42′56″E / 51.96750°N 6.71556°E / 51.96750; 6.71556
Line(s)	Zutphen–Winterswijk railway Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway
History
Opened	1878
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Winterswijk West toward Zutphen Stoptrein 30800 Terminus Aalten toward Arnhem Stoptrein 30900 Terminus
Location
Winterswijk Location within Dutch railway station

Winterswijk is a railway station in Winterswijk, The Netherlands. The station opened on 24 June 1878 and is located on the Zutphen–Winterswijk railway and the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.

The station used to be an important point as this was a point where freight trains would go into Germany. There used to be lines going in 5 directions: Arnhem, Zutphen, Bocholt (Germany), Borken (Germany) and Neede. Today there are 3 buses to Germany, otherwise passengers have to travel to Arnhem, Hengelo or Enschede.

Train services

The following services currently call at Winterswijk:

• 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Zutphen - Winterswijk
• 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem - Winterswijk

Bus services

• 73 (Winterswijk - Groenlo - Eibergen - Haaksbergen - Enschede)
• R71 (Winterswijk - Vreden (Germany))
• T10 (Winterswijk - Barlo (Germany)
• T55 (Winterswijk - Oeding (Germany)

Gallery

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  Winterswijk station in 1950

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Station Winterswijk.

• NS website (English)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (English)
• Arriva Gelderland website (Dutch)
• Arriva Achterhoek Network Map (Dutch)