abbreviation
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railway station
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between
Meeden
Meeden is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen in the province of Groningen, Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1391 as de Medum, and means "settlement near the hay lands". Meeden is a road village which develo ...
and
Muntendam
Muntendam is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the Dutch province of Groningen.
Until 1990 it was a separate municipality, which boasted the title 'reddest (most socialist) municipality in the Netherlands', with a council of 1 ...
in the
Netherlands
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History
The former station lies on the
Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway
The Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway is a railway line in the Netherlands, running from Stadskanaal to Zuidbroek, passing through Veendam. The line was opened in 1910,Zuidbroek and
Veendam
Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck.
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The station was originally open between 1 August 1910 and 1 May 1941.Station Meeden-Munterdam (in Dutch), ''Stationsweb''. Retrieved 22 November 2015.