Veendam railway station

Veendam

Veendam railway station on the day it reopened (2011)

General information
Location| Parallelweg
Veendam, Netherlands
Coordinates| 53°06′13″N 6°53′05″E﻿ / ﻿53.10361°N 6.88472°E﻿ / 53.10361; 6.88472
Operated by| NS Stations
Line(s)| Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway
Train operators| Arriva
Bus operators| Qbuzz, Taxi De Grooth, CTS
Other information
Station code| Vdm
History
Opened| 1 August 1910 (1910-08-01); reopened 1 May 2011
Closed| 17 May 1953 (1953-05-17)
Services
| Preceding station  | Arriva | Following station

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Zuidbroek

towards Groningen

|  | Stoptrein 37800 |  | Terminus
Location

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[edit]

The railway station is located at the Parallelweg in the village of Veendam in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.[1] It is situated on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway, where it is the present-day line terminus before the railway station Zuidbroek.[2]

## History[edit]

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]

## Train services[edit]

Route  | Service type  | Operator  | Notes

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Groningen - Hoogezand-Sappemeer - Zuidbroek - Veendam  | Local ("Stoptrein")  | Arriva | 2x per hour - 1x per hour on evenings and Sundays.

## Bus services[edit]

Line  | Route  | Operator  | Notes

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13  | Veendam - Muntendam - Meeden - Westerlee - Heiligerlee - Winschoten  | Qbuzz, Taxi De Grooth and CTS | Mon-Fri during daytime hours only, with one extra run during weekday evenings.
23  | Winschoten - Oude Pekela - Nieuwe Pekela - Ommelanderwijk - Veendam  | Qbuzz |
110  | Veendam - Wildervank - Bareveld - Gieten - Rolde - Assen  | Qbuzz |
171  | Veendam - Kielwindeweer - Hoogezand - Groningen Centrum (Downtown) - Groningen Zernike (campus)  | Qbuzz | Operates 2x per hour locally within Veendam and 1x per hour to/from Groningen. On Saturdays, this bus only operates locally within Veendam. No Sunday service.
174  | (Groningen - Westerbroek - Hoogezand - Sappemeer -) Zuidbroek - Muntendam - Veendam  | Qbuzz and Taxi De Grooth | The route between Groningen and Zuidbroek is only served during rush hours. No service after 22:50 (weekdays), on Saturday evenings (entirely), Sunday mornings and after 22:20 (Sunday evenings).
510  | Veendam Station - Veendam Centrum (town centre) - Veendam Parkflat - Veendam Skagerrak - Wildervank Bijleveldcentrum  | Taxi De Grooth | No service during morning rush hours; service starts after morning rush hours. On Mondays, this bus starts operating at 12:45. No service during evenings and on Sundays.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Station Veendam" (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. ^ "Overzicht van de spoorlijn Stadskanaal-Zuidbroek" (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

## External links[edit]

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Railway stations in Groningen

* Appingedam
* Bad Nieuweschans
* Baflo
* Bedum
* Delfzijl
* West
* Eemshaven
* Grijpskerk
* Groningen
* Europapark
* Noord
* Haren
* Hoogezand-Sappemeer
* Kropswolde
* Loppersum
* Martenshoek
* Roodeschool
* Sappemeer Oost
* Sauwerd
* Scheemda
* Stedum
* Uithuizen
* Uithuizermeeden
* Usquert
* Veendam
* Warffum
* Winschoten
* Winsum
* Zuidbroek
* Zuidhorn

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