Groningen railway station

Groningen
Groningen railway station in 2008
Location	Stationsplein 4 Groningen, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°12′38″N 6°33′53″E / 53.21056°N 6.56472°E / 53.21056; 6.56472Coordinates: 53°12′38″N 6°33′53″E / 53.21056°N 6.56472°E / 53.21056; 6.56472
Line(s)	Groningen–Delfzijl railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Meppel–Groningen railway
Train operators	Nederlandse Spoorwegen Arriva
Bus operators	Qbuzz
Connections	41 bus lines
Construction
Architect	Izaak Gosschalk
Architectural style	Neo-Gothic, Neo-Renaissance
Other information
Station code	Gn
History
Opened	1 June 1866 (1866-06-01)
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Assen toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 500 Terminus Assen toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 700 Assen toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 12600 Groningen Europapark toward Zwolle NS Sprinter 8100 Arriva Terminus Stoptrein 20100 Groningen Europapark toward Leer Buitenpost toward Leeuwarden Sneltrein 37300 Terminus Zuidhorn toward Leeuwarden Stoptrein 37400 Terminus Stoptrein 37500 Groningen Europapark toward Bad Nieuweschans Stoptrein 37600 Groningen Noord toward Roodeschool Stoptrein 37700 Groningen Noord toward Delfzijl Stoptrein 37800 Groningen Europapark toward Veendam
Location
Groningen Location within the Dutch railway network

Groningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣroːnɪŋən]; abbreviation: Gn), locally called Hoofdstation (Main Station), is the main railway station in Groningen in the Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Zuidhorn and Groningen Europapark, on the Meppel–Groningen railway as terminus after Groningen Europapark, and on the Groningen–Delfzijl railway as terminus before Groningen Noord.

The first station building was completed in 1865 and demolished in 1894. The second and current station building was designed by Izaak Gosschalk, completed in 1896, and most recently restored in 2000. Train services started in 1866 and are currently provided by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. There are 41 bus services at the station provided by Qbuzz.

The station opened on 1 June 1866 and is on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway. The first building was a temporary structure outside the former fortifications. In 1870, with the Meppel–Groningen railway, the station was connected with the central Netherlands. In 1884 the Groningen–Delfzijl railway opened, and in 1893 the connection to Roodeschool opened. The station building that still stands today was completed in 1896.