Nijmegen railway station

Nijmegen
General information
Location	Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°50′36″N 5°51′09″E
Line(s)	Tilburg–Nijmegen railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
History
Opened	9 August 1865 (1865-08-09)
Services Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Arnhem Centraal towards Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 Terminus Arnhem Centraal towards Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 3100 Arnhem Centraal towards Zwolle NS Intercity 3600 Oss towards Roosendaal Nijmegen Lent towards Deurne NS Sprinter 4400 Nijmegen Goffert towards Oss Nijmegen Lent towards Zutphen NS Sprinter 7600 Terminus Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Terminus Stoptrein 32200 Nijmegen Heyendaal towards Roermond Stoptrein 32300 Nijmegen Heyendaal towards Venray
Location Nijmegen Location within Netherlands

Nijmegen railway station is the main railway station of Nijmegen in Gelderland, Netherlands. It was opened on 9 August 1865 and is located on the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway, Nijmegen–Venlo railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. It was extensively rebuilt after the war since the original station was severely damaged by a US bombing raid in February 1944 and during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Until 1991 there was a line into Germany from here to Kleve.

The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. The station is a central station for the whole area and is a busy interchange station.

Train services

As of 11 December 2016, the following train services call at this station:

• Express services:
  • Intercity: Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
  • Intercity: Schiphol Airport - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
  • Intercity: Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Roosendaal
• Local services:
  • Sprinter: Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Dordrecht
  • Sprinter: Zutphen - Arnhem - Nijmegen (- Wijchen)
  • Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond
  • Stoptrein: Nijmegen - Venray

Bus services

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates a bus from the train station to Schiphol Airport for KLM customers.

There is also an express bus service SB 58, operated by the German company NIAG to the German towns of Kranenburg, Kleve and Emmerich. The bus can be used with both Dutch OV-chipkaarts and German Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr tickets on the whole length of the route.

Breng is the main operator of local and regional bus services in the region, while Arriva also has one service connecting Nijmegen with Limburg.

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)