Sittard 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 prep ...

located in Sittard,

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 in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway and the

Sittard–Herzogenrath railway The Sittard–Herzogenrath railway is a railway line running from Sittard in the Netherlands to Herzogenrath in Germany, passing through Heerlen. The line was opened in 1896. History The line was nationalized in 1899. In World War II, cross-bor ...

. Train 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 t ...

and

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.South Limburg South Limburg (Dutch: ''Zuid-Limburg'', Limburgish: ''Zuud-Limburg'') is both a COROP (statistical) region as well as a '' landstreek'' (area) of the Netherlands located in the province of Limburg. The Dutch term ''landstreek'', literally transla ...

to the north pass through Sittard. Sittard has the longest

railway platform A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms. The world's longest station platform is at Hubbali ...

in the Netherlands with a length of 700 metres.

Train services

The following train services call at this station: *Express services: **''Intercity'': (Schagen–)Alkmaar–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Maastricht **''Intercity'': Enkhuizen–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Maastricht **''Intercity'': Enkhuizen–Amsterdam–Utrecht–Eindhoven–Heerlen *Local services: **''Stoptrein'': Sittard–Heerlen–Kerkrade **''Stoptrein'': Roermond–Sittard–Maastricht Randwyck

References

External links

NS website

Dutch public transport travel planner
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