Kerkrade Centrum railway station

Kerkrade Centrum
Station building around 1980
General information
Location	Stationsstraat 70 Kerkrade Netherlands
Coordinates	50°51′41″N 6°03′27″E / 50.86139°N 6.05750°E / 50.86139; 6.05750
Line(s)	Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway Heuvellandlijn
Other information
Station code	Krd
History
Opened	15 May 1949
Services
Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Chevremont towards Sittard Stoptrein 32500 Terminus
Location Kerkrade Centrum Location within Netherlands

Kerkrade Centrum is a railway station in Kerkrade, Netherlands. The station was built in 1933 on the Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway and is the eastern terminus of the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht–Kerkrade). However, as the Dutch Railways deemed it unprofitable at the time, the station did not see passenger services^[1] until 15 May 1949, when regular passenger services finally commenced on the Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway.^[2] Train services were operated by Veolia until 11 December 2016, when Arriva took over.^[3]

The station is about 200 m north of the German border.

The station is also served by the ZLSM heritage steam train to Schin op Geul and Simpelveld as well as Germany.^[4]

The following local train services call at this station:

• Stoptrein S3: Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade^[5]

As of 11 December 2016^[update], the following buses call at Kerkrade Centrum's bus stop:^[5]

• 20: Kerkrade–Parkstad Limburg Stadion–Heerlen–Brunssum–Schinveld (Arriva)
• 34: Kerkrade–Kohlscheid–Aachen (ASEAG [de])

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch public transport travel planner