Kerkrade Centrum | |||||||||||
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 Station building around 1980 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Stationsstraat 70 Kerkrade Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°51′41″N 6°03′27″E / 50.86139°N 6.05750°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway Heuvellandlijn | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Krd | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 May 1949 | ||||||||||
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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]
- ^ "Lijn Schaesberg-Simpelveld". Limburger Koerier (in Dutch). 5 December 1934. p. 3.
- ^ "'t Was druk op het millioenenlijntje". Limburgsch Dagblad (in Dutch). 16 May 1949. p. 3.
- ^ Bots, Paul (11 December 2016). "Arriva van start na mega-bussenruil". De Limburger (in Dutch).
- ^ Haydock, David (2008). European Handbook No. 1 Benelux Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-902336-64-0.