Kerkrade Centrum is a
railway station
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in
Kerkrade
Kerkrade ( Ripuarian: ; li, Kirkraoj; german: Kerkrade or ''Kirchrath'') is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg; the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
Kerkrade is the ...
, the
Netherlands
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. The station was built in 1933 on the
Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway and is the eastern terminus of the
Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht–Kerkrade). However, as the Dutch Railways deemed it unprofitable at the time, the station did not see passenger services until 15 May 1949, when regular passenger services finally commenced on the Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway. Train services were operated by
Veolia
Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. It pr ...
until 11 December 2016, when
Arriva
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border.
The station is also served by the
ZLSM heritage steam train to
Schin op Geul and
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 ...
as well as Germany.
Train services
The following local
train services call at this station:
*''Stoptrein'' S3: Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade
Bus services
, the following buses call at Kerkrade Centrum's bus stop:
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* 20: Kerkrade–]Parkstad Limburg Stadion
The Parkstad Limburg Stadion () is a football stadium in Kerkrade, completed in 2000. With a present-day capacity of 19,979 seats, the stadium was officially opened on August 15, 2000, with a friendly between Roda JC and Real Zaragoza (2–2). ...
–– Brunssum– Schinveld (Arriva)
* 34: Kerkrade– Kohlscheid– Aachen ()
References
External links
NS website
Dutch public transport travel planner
{{Railway stations in Limburg (Netherlands)
Railway stations in Kerkrade
Railway stations opened in 1933
Railway stations closed in 1934
Railway stations opened in 1949
Railway stations on the Heuvellandlijn