Lage Zwaluwe 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 ...
near
Lage Zwaluwe
Lage Zwaluwe is a village in the municipality Drimmelen, North Brabant, the Netherlands. The Lage Zwaluwe railway station and the Moerdijk bridges lie to the west of the village.
History
The village was first mentioned in as 1291 Zwaluwe, and ...
and
Moerdijk
Moerdijk () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
History
The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert ...
,
Netherlands
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. The station was opened in 1883 and is located on the
Breda–Rotterdam railway
The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the ''Staatslijn I'' ("state line I") in Dutch. The line was opened between 1866 and 1877 ...
between Breda and Dordrecht and the
Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway
The Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway (railway line 12 in the Belgian numbering plan) is an international railway line running from Antwerp in Belgium to Lage Zwaluwe in the Netherlands. The line was opened between 1854 and 1876. The opening of the h ...
. The services 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 ...
.
It is situated in the municipality of Moerdijk.
Destinations
Current destinations
The following major destinations are directly possible from Lage Zwaluwe:
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
,
Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
,
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
and
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1, ...
(see
Train services below).
Former destinations
Lage Zwaluwe railway station is the start point of the defunct
Lage Zwaluwe-'s-Hertogenbosch railway
The Lage Zwaluwe-'s-Hertogenbosch railway or is a defunct and partially open railway line in North Brabant, the Netherlands. It ran through the Langstraat from Lage Zwaluwe railway station via Waalwijk to 's-Hertogenbosch railway station. Part of ...
via Waalwijk, which now runs no further than Oosterhout and only for freight.
Train services
The following services currently call at Lage Zwaluwe:
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Dordrecht - Breda - Tilburg - 's-Hertogenbosch - Arnhem
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Dordrecht - Roosendaal
External links
NS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner
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Railway stations in North Brabant
Railway stations opened in 1883
Railway stations on the Staatslijn I
Transport in Moerdijk