Sappemeer Oost railway station

Sappemeer Oost
Location	Borgercompagniesterstraat Sappemeer, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°09′32″N 6°47′40″E / 53.15889°N 6.79444°E / 53.15889; 6.79444Coordinates: 53°09′32″N 6°47′40″E / 53.15889°N 6.79444°E / 53.15889; 6.79444
Owned by	NS Stations
Line(s)	Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	Arriva
Other information
Station code	Spm
History
Opened	1 January 1887 (1887-01-01)
Previous names	Borgercompagniesterweg (1887–1900)
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Hoogezand-Sappemeer toward Groningen Stoptrein 20100 Zuidbroek toward Leer Stoptrein 37500 Zuidbroek toward Bad Nieuweschans Stoptrein 37800 Zuidbroek toward Veendam
Location
Sappemeer Oost Location within the Dutch railway network

Sappemeer Oost (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsɑpəˈmeːr oːst]; abbreviation: Spm), previously named Borgercompagniesterweg (1887–1900), is an unstaffed railway station in Sappemeer in the Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Hoogezand-Sappemeer and Zuidbroek.

Train services started on 1 January 1887 and have since been provided by Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (1887–1937), Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1938–2000), NoordNed (2000–2005), and Arriva (2005–present). There was a station building between 1891 and 1973, which was replaced by a shelter.

The station has two tracks and two platforms. There are three local train services with four trains per hour to and from Groningen, two trains to and from Veendam, and two train to and from Bad Nieuweschans.

The railway station is located at the Borgercompagniesterstraat (53°09′32″N 06°47′40″E / 53.15889°N 6.79444°E / 53.15889; 6.79444) in the village of 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 Hoogezand-Sappemeer in the west and Zuidbroek in the east. The Scholte railway stop was between Sappemeer Oost and Zuidbroek from 1933 to 1935. The distance from Sappemeer Oost westward to railway terminus Harlingen Haven is 97 km (60 mi), to Groningen 17 km (11 mi), and to Hogezand-Sappemeer 1.6 km (0.99 mi), and eastward to Zuidbroek 4.9 km (3.0 mi), and to Bad Nieuweschans is 30 km (19 mi).