Grou-Jirnsum is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located between

Grou Grou ( nl, Grouw) is a town in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had around 5655 citizens in January 2017. Since 2014 Grou is part of the municipality of Leeuwarden. The town is located on the lake and the . Heineken operated a distr ...

and

Jirnsum Jirnsum ( nl, Irnsum) is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,360 in January 2017. History The village was first mentioned between 1399 and 1401 as Yrntzom, and means " ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Opened on 1 September 1868, it is located on the

Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway The Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Arnhem to Leeuwarden, passing through Deventer, Zwolle and Heerenveen. It is also called the ''Staatslijn A'' ("state line A") in Dutch. The part between Arnhem ...

. Service are operated by

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and the ...

. Originally named Grouw-Irnsum, it was renamed Grou-Jirnsum on 30 May 1999.Station name changes ''

Today's Railways Europe ''Today's Railways Europe'' is an English-based monthly magazine covering rail transport in Europe. It was founded by Platform 5 in July 1994. Initially published bimonthly, from August 1997 it was published monthly. It also covered rail trans ...

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Train services

, the following train services call at this station: *1× per hour express ''Intercity'' service: The Hague - Leiden - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden *1× per hour local ''Sprinter'' service: Meppel - Leeuwarden

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NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
Railway stations in Friesland Railway stations on the Staatslijn A Railway stations opened in 1868 {{Netherlands-railstation-stub

Train services

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