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Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg ...

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 ...

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway. The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down. As part of the ''Maankwartier'' ("Moon Quarter") project, construction of an entirely new train station started in December 2012.

Train services

The following train services call at this station: *Express: **''Intercity'' IC 3500: Amsterdam Schiphol – Utrecht – Eindhoven – Heerlen **''Sneltrein'' : Aachen – Heerlen – Maastricht *Local: **''Stoptrein'' : Sittard – Heerlen – Kerkrade **''Stoptrein'' : Maastricht Randwyck – Heerlen

Bus services

The following bus lines serve the bus station north of the railway station: * 20: ''Heerlen Station''–Heerlen South––

Voerendaal Voerendaal (; li, Voelender) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. Population centres ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voerendaal, June 2015'' History The Romans left the ruins from a Roman villa rustic ...

– Voerendaal Station––

Weustenrade Weustenrade is a hamlet in the municipality of Voerendaal of the province Limburg, Netherlands. It is located near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen. The village was first mentioned in 1420 as Woestenroede, and means "desolate cultivated f ...

––– Wijnandsrade–

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– Nuth– Vaesrade– Hoensbroek * 21:

Brunssum Brunssum (; li, Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of . Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973. Population centres Topography Histor ...

– Hoensbroek–''Heerlen Station''–Heerlen Hospital–Heerlen South–Kerkrade Stadion–

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– Eys–

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* 22: Heerlen Hospital–''Heerlen Station''–Landgraaf– Ubach * 25: Hoensbroek–Heerlen North–''Heerlen Station''–Landgraaf–Kerkrade * 26: Kerkrade Bus Station–Haanrade–Eygelshoven Markt–Eygelshoven Station–Landgraaf–Heerlen de Kissel Station–''Heerlen Station''–Hoensbroek * 28: Kerkrade South–Kerkrade Station–Kerkrade Bus Station–GaiaPark (Zoo)–Kerkrade Stadion–Heerlen East–''Heerlen Station''–Heerlen North–Brunssum–Schinveld * 29: Kerkrade South–Kerkrade Station–Kerkrade Bus Station–Eygelshoven Markt–Landgraaf–''Heerlen Station''–Heerlen Molenburg–Kerkrade Stadion * 31: ''Heerlen Station''–Beek (School Service) * 33: ''Heerlen Station''–Landgraaf– Ubach * 36: ''Heerlen Station''–Brunssum–

Jabeek Jabeek (Limburgish: ''Jaobik'', English: Yescreek) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen, on the German border about 8 km east of Geleen. Jabeek borders on the German village . Hist ...

– Doenrade– Sittard Station * 37: ''Heerlen Station''–Brunssum– Merkelbeek–Doenrade–Sittard Station * 40: ''Heerlen Station''–Kunrade–Ubachsberg–Elkenrade–Wijlre–Gulpen * 41: Kerkrade Bus Station–GaiaPark (Zoo)–Kerkrade Stadion–Heerlen South–''Heerlen Station''–Hoensbroek–Amstenrade–Oirsbeek–Doenrade–Sittard Station * 42: * 43: ''Heerlen Station''–Kerkrade Stadion–Simpelveld–

Bocholtz Bocholtz (; Ripuarian: is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Simpelveld, and lies about 7 km southwest of Kerkrade. Until 1982, it was a separate municipality. History Bocholtz dates back to ...

– Nijswiller– Lemiers–

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* 44: ''Heerlen Station''–Kerkrade Stadion– (Germany)– Richterich– Laurensberg– Aachen– Aachen Hauptbahnhof * 52: ''Heerlen Station''–Kunrade–Voerendaal–Klimmen–Hulsberg–Arensgenhout–Schimmert–Ulestraten– Meerssen Station * 58: ''Heerlen Station''–Nijswiller–Wittem–

External links

NS website

Dutch public transport Travel planner
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