Kerkrade Centrum railway station
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| Coordinates | 50°51′41″N 6°03′27″E / 50.86139°N 6.05750°ECoordinates: 50°51′41″N 6°03′27″E / 50.86139°N 6.05750°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Heuvellandlijn | ||||||||||
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  Kerkrade Centrum Location within Dutch railway station | |||||||||||
Kerkrade Centrum is a railway station located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. The station was opened in 1933 and is the last station on the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht – Kerkrade). The train services are operated by Veolia.
The station is about 200 m north of the German border.
The station is also served by the steam train ZLSM which operates to Schin op Geul and Simpelveld as well as into Germany. This operates Wednesdays and Sundays from May to September and Thursdays in July and August.[1]
The station closed to passengers in 1934 until 15 May 1949.
Destinations
The following major destination is possible from Kerkrade Centrum:
Landgraaf, Heerlen, Schin op Geul, Valkenburg and Maastricht.
Train service
The following services currently call at Kerkrade Centrum:
- 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck – Heerlen – Kerkrade Centrum
Bus services
Bus Services 28 and 29 stop at the bus stop outside the station (across the car park).
- 28 – Kerkrade South - "Kerkrade Station" - Kerkrade Bus Station – GaiaZoo – Kerkrade Stadion – Heerlen East – Station Heerlen – Heerlen North – Brunssum – Schinveld
- 29 – Kerkrade South - "Kerkrade Station" - Kerkrade Bus Station – Eygelshoven Markt – Landgraaf – Station Heerlen – Heerlen Molenburg – Kerkrade Stadion
References
External links
- NS website (Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)