Sittard railway station
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Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°00′04″N 5°51′30″E / 51.00111°N 5.85833°ECoordinates: 51°00′04″N 5°51′30″E / 51.00111°N 5.85833°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sittard–Herzogenrath railway Maastricht–Venlo railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Sittard Location within Netherlands |
Sittard is a railway station located in Sittard, Netherlands. The station was opened in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway and the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. All services from South Limburg to the north pass through Sittard.
Sittard has the longest railway platform in the Netherlands with a length of 700 metres.
Train services[]
The following train services call at this station:
- Express services:
- Intercity: (Schagen–)Alkmaar–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Maastricht
- Intercity: Enkhuizen–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Maastricht
- Intercity: Enkhuizen–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Heerlen
- Local services:
- Stoptrein: Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade
- Stoptrein: Roermond–Sittard–Maastricht Randwyck
External links[]
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)
Categories:
- Railway stations in Sittard-Geleen
- Railway stations opened in 1862
- Railway stations on the Staatslijn E
- 1862 establishments in the Netherlands
- Dutch railway station stubs