Martenshoek railway station

Martenshoek
Martenshoek railway station in 2007
Location	Spoorstraat 39 Martenshoek, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°09′38″N 6°44′24″E / 53.16056°N 6.74000°E / 53.16056; 6.74000Coordinates: 53°09′38″N 6°44′24″E / 53.16056°N 6.74000°E / 53.16056; 6.74000
Line(s)	Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Mth
History
Opened	1 May 1868
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Kropswolde toward Groningen Stoptrein 20100 Hoogezand-Sappemeer toward Leer Stoptrein 37500 Hoogezand-Sappemeer toward Bad Nieuweschans Stoptrein 37800 Hoogezand-Sappemeer toward Veendam
Location
Martenshoek Location within the Dutch railway network

Martenshoek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmɑrtənsˈɦuk]; abbreviation: Mth) is an unstaffed railway station in Martenshoek in the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 May 1868 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Groningen and Nieuweschans. The services are operated by Arriva.

The railway station is located at the Spoorstraat in Martenshoek, part of the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated on the Harlingen-Nieuweschans railway between the railway stations of Kropswolde and Hoogezand-Sappemeer, both also in the municipality of Hoogezand-Sappemeer.

A wooden station building was completed in 1865. Train services started at Martenshoek on 1 May 1868, when the part of the Harlingen-Nieuweschans railway between Groningen and Winschoten was opened. Initially, trains were operated by the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, until it merged with the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij to form the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in 1938. The station building was demolished and replaced by a shelter in 1970. The Nederlandse Spoorwegen operated the trains until 2000, when first NoordNed (2000–2005) and later Arriva (2005–present) received the concession for the northern railway lines of the Netherlands.