Kampen is a terminus

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located in Kampen,

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. The station was opened on 10 May 1865 and is located on the

Kamperlijntje The Kamperlijntje is a railway in the Netherlands running since 10 May 1865 between the cities of Zwolle and Kampen in the province Overijssel. The most northern part of the Utrecht–Kampen railway (''Centraalspoorweg''), the 12 km long sec ...

, which is the Zwolle-Kampen section of the

Utrecht–Kampen railway The Utrecht–Kampen railway (also known as ''Centraalspoorweg'') is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Utrecht to Kampen, passing through Bilthoven, Amersfoort, Nijkerk, Ermelo, Harderwijk, Nunspeet, Wezep and Zwolle. The ...

. The train service is operated by

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. A 2005 survey showed approximately 5,064 people use this station per day. Kampen now has two railway stations, since on 9 December 2012 the Hanzelijn was opened, creating a rail link between

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and

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...

via

Dronten Dronten () is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Flevoland. It had a population of in . History Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dr ...

and Kampen. A new railway station Kampen Zuid connects Kampen with Dronten, Lelystad,

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and

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to the west, and Zwolle to the east. The old line from Kampen to Zwolle is currently being transformed into a light rail service, with an additional stop in northern Zwolle and a higher frequency (3x per hour). The plan to do so was abandoned when the

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failed twice; however the province of

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and NS agreed in 2013 to maintain the 2x per hour diesel service awaiting new decisions on the line's future. In summer 2017,

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agreed to take over as operator and began the line's

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. There is currently a half-hourly service between Kampen and Zwolle on the old line. Services from the new Kampen Zuid are giving the town an additional, improved rail service with 2 stopping trains in each direction.

Bus services

Bus Services 11, 12, 74, 141, 143, 506, 682, 683 and 684 stop at the bus station opposite the station exit.

External links

NS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner

References

Railway stations in Overijssel Railway stations opened in 1865 Kampen, Overijssel 1865 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-railstation-stub