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 prep ...
in
Scheemda
Scheemda () is a village with a population of 2,445 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the muni ...
in the
Netherlands
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. It is located on the
Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 and 1868. It is also known as the ''Staa ...
Winschoten
Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. ...
in the province of Groningen.
The station building was designed by
Karel Hendrik van Brederode
Karel Hendrik van Brederode (; 11 December 1827 – 19 September 1897) was a Dutch engineer and architect of railway stations. In 1847 he was cofounder of the in The Hague.
Buildings
Over 110 railway stations in the Netherlands were built fo ...
and completed in 1865. The train services started on 1 May 1868. Trains have been operated by
Staatsspoorwegen
''Staatsspoorwegen'' (Dutch for State Railways, full name: ''Dienst der Staatsspoor- en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië'' (State Railways and Tramways Service in the Netherlands Indies, ''SS en T''), commonly abbreviated as SS) was a railway co ...
(1868–1937),
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 t ...
(1938–2000),
NoordNed
NoordNed Personenvervoer B.V. (English translation Network North) was a public transport company operating trains and buses in the north and northeast of the Netherlands. Founded in 1999 as a joint venture by Arriva and Nederlandse Spoorwegen, af ...
(2000–2005), and
Arriva
Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Qbuzz
Qbuzz is a public transport company in the Netherlands that operates services in South Holland, Utrecht, Drenthe and Groningen. Founded in 2008, it was a 100% subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (the Dutch National Railway Operator) betwee ...
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Location
The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of
Scheemda
Scheemda () is a village with a population of 2,445 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the muni ...
, part of the municipality of Oldambt, in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. It is situated on the
Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 and 1868. It is also known as the ''Staa ...
Winschoten
Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. ...
Heiligerlee railway stop
Heiligerlee (; abbreviation: Hle) was a railway stop ( nl, stopplaats, links=no) in the village of Heiligerlee in the Netherlands. It was located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between the railway stations of Scheemda and Winschoten in ...
was situated between Scheemda and Winschoten from 1908 to 1934. The distance from Scheemda westward to railway terminus Harlingen Haven is , to Groningen , and to Zuidbroek , and eastward to Winschoten is , and to
Bad Nieuweschans
Bad Nieuweschans (also ''Lange Akkeren''; ; Gronings: ''Nij-Schans''; German: ''Bad Neuschanz'') is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands on the border with Germany. It forms part of the municipality of Oldambt. Nieuweschans means "new for ...
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History
The station building was completed in 1865. The station was opened on 1 May 1868, when train services started on the segment of the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Groningen and Winschoten. At the time, the station was named ''Scheemda-Eexta''.
Trains were operated by
Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen
The Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen () or SS (''Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways'') was a private railroad founded to use the government funded railways. The company existed until 1938, when it formally merged ...
(1868–1937),
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 t ...
(1938–2000),
NoordNed
NoordNed Personenvervoer B.V. (English translation Network North) was a public transport company operating trains and buses in the north and northeast of the Netherlands. Founded in 1999 as a joint venture by Arriva and Nederlandse Spoorwegen, af ...
(2000–2005), and
Arriva
Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.SS 4th class, which was probably designed by architect
Karel Hendrik van Brederode
Karel Hendrik van Brederode (; 11 December 1827 – 19 September 1897) was a Dutch engineer and architect of railway stations. In 1847 he was cofounder of the in The Hague.
Buildings
Over 110 railway stations in the Netherlands were built fo ...
. Fifteen buildings of this type were built in the Netherlands between 1862 and 1890, of which seven remain today. The building has been a national heritage site ( nl, rijksmonument, links=no) since 2001.Monumentnummer: 522105 Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved on 14 December 2014.
The railway through Scheemda is unelectrified and oriented northwest to southeast. At the station, the
single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the co ...
splits into two tracks. There is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
with two platforms that can be accessed via a level crossing. Platform 1 alongside the northern track is serving trains to Groningen and platform 2 alongside the southern track is serving trains to
Winschoten
Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. ...
. The station building is north of both tracks. Beyond the station, the tracks merge back into a single track.Leeuwarden–Groningen Sporenplan. Retrieved 10 May 2016.