Landgraaf railway station
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| Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°53′47″N 6°01′12″E / 50.89639°N 6.02000°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sittard–Herzogenrath railway Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Lg | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 May 1896 | |||||||||||||||
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Landgraaf is a railway station in Landgraaf, Netherlands, situated near the district Schaesberg. Before 1986, it was called Schaesberg. The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht–Kerkrade). Services are operated by Arriva and Deutsche Bahn.
Originally named Schaesberg, it was renamed in 1986 after the municipality of Landgraaf, which was formed in 1982 and includes Schaesberg. The Heerlen-Kerkrade line, which serves Landgraaf, was electrified in 1986, and the line to Herzogenrath was electrified in 2018. The station can be considered a fork station.
Facilities at the station include a ticket machine, bike lockers, a bike storage area, and car parking spaces. The former station building now houses an Italian restaurant.
Event Platform In 2012, ProRail extended one of the platforms from 85 to 146 meters and widened it from 3 to 6 meters to accommodate longer trains for the Pinkpop festival. Festival director Jan Smeets officially opened the platform with a special 'Pinkpop tile' on May 24, 2012.
Connections Landgraaf Station has three tracks: tracks 1 and 2 are on the Sittard-Kerkrade line, and track 3 is on the Maastricht-Aachen line.
Train services
[edit]The following train services call at this station:
- Express RE 18: Aachen–Maastricht
- Local Stoptrein: Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade
External links
[edit]- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)