Heerlen 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 in

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. ...

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History

The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the

Sittard–Herzogenrath railway The Sittard–Herzogenrath railway is a railway line running from Sittard in the Netherlands to Herzogenrath in Germany, passing through Heerlen. The line was opened in 1896. History The line was nationalized in 1899. In World War II, cross-bor ...

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 ...

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Weustenrade Weustenrade is a hamlet in the municipality of Voerendaal of the province Limburg, Netherlands. It is located near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen Klimmen (Limburgish: ''Klumme'') is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (N ...

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Wijnandsrade Wijnandsrade (; li, Wienesrao ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. It is notable for its castle and church and two ponds, which define the village's centre. History The village was f ...

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Laar Laar () is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”. Geography Location Laar lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. It belong ...

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Nuth Nuth (; li, Nut ) is a village and was a municipality in the province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands. In January 2019, the municipality merged with Schinnen and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen. The village of Nuth has 4,595 inhab ...

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Vaesrade Vaesrade (; li, Vaosje ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen. The village was first mentioned in 1139 as Wastrode. The etymology is unclear, but contrary to popular belief there is no re ...

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Hoensbroek Hoensbroek ( li, Gebrook) is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality. Hoens ...

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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 ...

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Simpelveld Simpelveld (; li, Zumpelveld ) is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. It is part of the municipal cooperative unit Parkstad Limburg. Simpelveld is part of the ''Mergelland'', named after the presence of chalk (mergel), hi ...

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Eys Eys (; li, Ees ) is a village in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, the Netherlands. The town is located 3 km. from Gulpen and 17 km. from provincial capital Maastricht. Furthermore, it is characterised by its location in th ...

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Gulpen Gulpen (; li, Gullepe ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen. Gulpen was a separate municipality until 1999, when it merged with Wittem. The ...

* 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 . Histor ...

– Doenrade– Sittard Station * 37: ''Heerlen Station''–Brunssum–

Merkelbeek Merkelbeek ( li, Merkelbek) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen, about 9 km northwest of Heerlen. The village was first mentioned in 1283 as Merkelbeke. The etymology is unclear. Mer ...

–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 th ...

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Nijswiller Nijswiller ( li, Nieswieler) is a village in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, and is located about east of Maastricht. History The village was first mentioned in 1179 as "d ...

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Lemiers Lemiers (, Ripuarian: ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It lies directly north-west of Vaals.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. The village sits on the Dutch-German border and part of th ...

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Vaals Vaals (; Ripuarian: ) is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which is in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. The municipality covers an area of in the foothills of the Ardennes–Eifelrange a ...

* 44: ''Heerlen Station''–Kerkrade Stadion– (Germany)–

Richterich Richterich is a borough and northwestern suburb of Aachen, Germany. The towns of Horbach and Huf belong to the borough, which borders the other Aachen borough of Laurensberg, as well as the Kohlscheid borough of Herzogenrath. It is assumed that ...

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Laurensberg Laurensberg is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') and borough ('' Stadtbezirk'') of Aachen, Germany. As a borough, Laurensberg includes, in addition to Laurensberg itself, Orsbach, Seffent, Soers, Vaalserquartier and Vetschau, as well as the residential a ...

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Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

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Aachen Hauptbahnhof Aachen Hauptbahnhof (German for Aachen main station) is the most important railway station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and i ...

* 52: ''Heerlen Station''–Kunrade–Voerendaal–Klimmen–Hulsberg–Arensgenhout–Schimmert–Ulestraten– Meerssen Station * 58: ''Heerlen Station''–Nijswiller–Wittem–

External links

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