Nijmegen railway station is the main

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 ...

of Nijmegen in

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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 ...

. It was opened on 9 August 1865 and is located on the

Tilburg–Nijmegen railway The Tilburg–Nijmegen railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Tilburg to Nijmegen, passing through 's-Hertogenbosch. The line was opened in 1881. Stations The main interchange stations on the Tilburg–Nijmegen rai ...

Nijmegen–Venlo railway The Nijmegen–Venlo railway, also called Maaslijn, is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Nijmegen to Venlo, passing through Boxmeer and Venray. The line was opened in 1883. Between 2006 and 2016, passenger transport on the line was e ...

and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. It was extensively rebuilt after the war since the original station was severely damaged by a US bombing raid in February 1944 and during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Until 1991 there was a line into

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from here 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 ...

. The 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.train services call at this station: *Express services: **''Intercity'': Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen **''Intercity'': Schiphol Airport - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen **''Intercity'': Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Roosendaal *Local services: **''Sprinter'': Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Breda - Dordrecht **''Sprinter'': Zutphen - Arnhem - Nijmegen (- Wijchen) **''Stoptrein'': Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond **''Stoptrein'': Nijmegen - Venray

Bus services

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates a bus from the train station to

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for KLM customers.Travel by bus or rail with a KLM ticket
" KLM. Retrieved on October 29, 2016. There is also an express bus service SB 58, operated by the German company

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to the German towns of Kranenburg,

and Emmerich. The bus can be used with both Dutch

OV-chipkaart The OV-chipkaart (short for ''openbaar vervoer chipkaart'', meaning ''public transport chipcard'') is a contactless smart card system used for all public transport in the Netherlands. First introduced in the Rotterdam Metro in April 2005, it has ...

s and German

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, includ ...

tickets on the whole length of the route.

Breng Breng is the name of a public transportation concept in the Stadsregio Arnhem–Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Novio (a branch of Connexxion Connexxion is a large public transport company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, eas ...

is the main operator of local and regional bus services in the region, while

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

References

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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