Appingedam railway station

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Appingedam
Appingedam railway station in 2018
Location	Appingedam, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°20′N 6°52′E / 53.333°N 6.867°E / 53.333; 6.867Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°52′E / 53.333°N 6.867°E / 53.333; 6.867
Line(s)	Groningen–Delfzijl railway
Other information
Station code	Apg
History
Opened	15 June 1884
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Loppersum toward Groningen Stoptrein 37700 Delfzijl West toward Delfzijl
Location
Appingedam Location within Netherlands

Former station building in 1973

Appingedam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑpɪŋəˌdɑm] (listen); abbreviation: Apg) is a railway station in the city of Appingedam, Netherlands. The station was opened on 15 June 1884 and is located on the Groningen–Delfzijl railway. Nowadays the station is unstaffed. Only basic platform facilities, as a shelter and a ticket machine, remain. The station is owned by ProRail and operated by Arriva.

History[]

The station building was completed in 1883. Train services started when the Groningen–Delfzijl railway was opened on 15 June 1884.^[1][2]

Former building[]

The original station building was intended for heritage status, but was demolished after a fire in 1978.

Services[]

Trains[]

The following train services operated by Arriva currently call at Appingedam:

• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen – Delfzijl

Buses[]

At the station, there are two bus connections operated by Qbuzz with the following destinations:

• 45: Delfzijl – Appingedam – Holwierde – Beirum – Spijk – Losdorp – Godlinze – 't Zandt – Zeerijp – Loppersum (1x per hour)
• 91: Appingedam – Holwierde – Krewerd – Oosterwijtwerd – Leermens – Eenum – Loppersum (5x per day)
• 140: Delfzijl – Appingedam – Ten Boer – Groningen (1x per hour)

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Station Appingedam at Wikimedia Commons
• Appingedam station, station information

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