Kerkrade Centrum railway station

Railway station in the Netherlands

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

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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]

## Train services

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The following local train services call at this station:

* Stoptrein S3: Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade[5]

## Bus services

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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])

## References

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1. ^ "Lijn Schaesberg-Simpelveld". Limburger Koerier (in Dutch). 5 December 1934. p. 3.
2. ^ "'t Was druk op het millioenenlijntje". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 16 May 1949. p. 3.
3. ^ Bots, Paul (11 December 2016). "Arriva van start na mega-bussenruil". De Limburger (in Dutch).
4. ^ Haydock, David (2008). European Handbook No. 1 Benelux Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-902336-64-0.
5. ^ a b Parkstad Limburg (PDF) (Transit map). Arriva. 2017.

## External links

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

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Railway stations in Limburg (Netherlands)

* Beek-Elsloo
* Blerick
* Bunde
* Chevremont
* Echt
* Eijsden
* Eygelshoven
* Markt
* Geleen
* Lutterade
* Oost
* Heerlen
* De Kissel
* Woonboulevard
* Hoensbroek
* Horst-Sevenum
* Houthem-Sint Gerlach
* Kerkrade Centrum
* Klimmen-Ransdaal
* Landgraaf
* Maastricht
* Noord
* Randwyck
* Meerssen
* Mook-Molenhoek
* Nuth
* Reuver
* Roermond
* Schin op Geul
* Schinnen
* Sittard
* Spaubeek
* Susteren
* Swalmen
* Tegelen
* Valkenburg
* Venlo
* Venray
* Voerendaal
* Weert

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