Veendam railway station
Veendam | |||||||||||
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 Veendam railway station on the day it reopened (2011) | |||||||||||
| Location |
Parallelweg Veendam, Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°06′13″N 6°53′05″E / 53.10361°N 6.88472°ECoordinates: 53°06′13″N 6°53′05″E / 53.10361°N 6.88472°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NS Stations | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Arriva | ||||||||||
| Bus operators | Qbuzz | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus lines 13, 71, 110, 171, 174, 271, 510 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Vdm | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 August 1910; reopened 1 May 2011 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 17 May 1953 | ||||||||||
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  Veendam Location within the Dutch railway network | |||||||||||
Veendam (Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈdɑm]; abbreviation: Vdm) is an unstaffed railway station in Veendam in the Netherlands. It is located on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after Zuidbroek as the present-day line terminus.
Location
The railway station is located at the Parallelweg in the village of Veendam in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway.[1]
History
The station was previously served by passenger trains from 1 August 1910 to 17 May 1953. The station reopened on 1 May 2011, when the Veendam–Zuidbroek section of the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway was reopened to passenger services.[1]
Services
Trains
The train services are operated by Arriva. The following local train service (Dutch: stoptrein) calls at Veendam twice per hour:[2]
- Stoptrein 37800: Groningen – Groningen Europapark – Kropswolde – Martenshoek – Hoogezand-Sappemeer – Sappemeer Oost – Zuidbroek – Veendam
Buses
The bus services in the region are operated by Qbuzz. There are five regional and two local bus connections at the station in Veendam with the following destinations:[3]
- 13: Winschoten
- 71: Alteveer
- 110: Assen/Winschoten
- 171: Groningen Zernike
- 174: Groningen HS
- 271: Veendam
- 510: Veendam
References
- 1 2 Station Veendam (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Groningen–Veendam/Winschoten–Nieuweschans (ARRIVA) (in Dutch), Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Retrieved on 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Halte: Veendam, Station (in Dutch), Qbuzz. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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