Nijmegen Heyendaal 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 near Radboud University in the southeast of

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

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Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The station was opened on 28 May 1972 and is located on the Maaslijn (Nijmegen–Venlo). The train services are operated by Arriva. Until 1991, a branch line ran from Heyendaal station to

Kleve Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; Low Rhenish: ''Kleff'') is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century ...

, Germany. During that time the station had three tracks: 1 and 2 for Nijmegen–Venlo services and 3 for the Nijmegen–Kleve service, although the latter never stopped there. In 2006, a busway was opened over the site of the third track all the way from the Nijmegen's main station to Heyendaal station.

Train services

The following local

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call at this station: *''Stoptrein'': Nijmegen–Venlo–Roermond *''Stoptrein'': Nijmegen–Venray

Bus services

A bus stop near the station, called ''Station Heyendaal'', is used by both urban and regional bus services operated by Breng. * 9: Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–''Station Heyendaal''–Hatert–

Overasselt Overasselt is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Heumen. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Asle, and means "upper open forest with ash ('' Fraxinus excelsior'') tree ...

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Nederasselt Nederasselt is a village in the municipality of Heumen in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. History The village was first mentioned in 1301 as Nederassel, and means "lower open forest with ash ('' Fraxinus excelsior'') trees". Neder ( ...

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* 10: Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–''Station Heyendaal''–University– University Medical Center–''Station Heyendaal''–Nijmegen (Centraal Station) (Shuttle Bus) * 11: Beuningen–Brabantse Poort–Station Nijmegen Goffert–University–''Station Heyendaal'' –Nijmegen (Centraal Station) * 12: Druten–Station Nijmegen Goffert–University–''Station Heyendaal'' –Nijmegen (Centraal Station) * 14: Brakkenstein–

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–''Station Heyendaal''–Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–Plein 1944–Lent–Oosterhout–Elst–Arnhem CS * 15: Lent–Plein 1944–Nijmegen (Centraal Station)–''Station Heyendaal''–University–CWZ Hospital–Station Dukenburg–Wijchen South–Wijchen * 300: Arnhem CS–Huissen–Bemmel–Lent–Plein 1944–Nijmegen CS–''Station Heyendaal''–University–Radboud UMC–HAN Hogeschool

External links

NS website

Dutch public transport travel planner
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