Eijsden railway station

Eijsden

Location

Netherlands

Coordinates

50°46′19.06″N 5°42′36.14″E / 50.7719611°N 5.7100389°ECoordinates: 50°46′19.06″N 5°42′36.14″E / 50.7719611°N 5.7100389°E

Operated by

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Platforms

Other information

Station code

Edn

History

Opened

1861, reopened 2011

Closed

2006

Services

NMBS
Visé toward Hasselt		IC 13 weekdays		Maastricht Randwyck toward Maastricht
Visé toward Liège-Guillemins		IC 13 weekends		Maastricht Randwyck toward Maastricht

Location

Eijsden railway station (Edn) is the railway station of Eijsden, Limburg, the Netherlands. The station, which is the southernmost railway station in the Netherlands, opened on November 24, 1861, and was closed between December 10, 2006 and December 11, 2011.

The railway station is located on the railway line between Liège-Guillemins (Belgium) and Maastricht (Netherlands). Only trains of the National Railway Company of Belgium between the two stations call in Eijsden; Nederlandse Spoorwegen trains don't serve the station.

When the National Railway Company of Belgium extended the InterCity line between Brussels-South and Liège-Guillemins to Maastricht, the regular local service between Liège-Guillemins and Maastricht was halted. The InterCity trains were too long to halt in Eijsden, so the railway station was closed. A new busline was opened between Maastricht and the railway station in Visé (Belgium) to serve Eijsden.

After the closure of the railway station, citizens of Eijsden formed the committee "Trein Terug In Eijsden" (Return the Train To Eijsden), which aims to reopen the railway station. The fact that overhead lines at the railway station carry 3kV direct current, like the Belgian railway network, whereas the Dutch railway network carries 1.5kV. Regular Dutch electric trains are not able to reach Eijsden, unless they are multi-system units.

As of December 11, 2011 Eijsden is again been serviced by Belgian trains thus reopening the station after a 5-year closure.

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