Scheemda (; abbreviation: Sda) is an unstaffed

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 ...

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 ) , 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 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 ...

between Zuidbroek and

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 ...

Location

The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of

, part of the municipality of Oldambt, in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the

. It is situated on the

, also called Staatslijn B, between the railway stations of Zuidbroek and

.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Harlingen-Leeuwarden-Groningen-Nieuweschans
Stationsweb. Retrieved on 17 May 2015. The

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 ...

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),

(1938–2000),

(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

. 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

. 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.

Train services

Bus services

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External links

station information {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheemda Railway Station 1860s establishments in the Netherlands Infrastructure completed in 1865 Railway stations in Groningen (province) Railway stations on the Staatslijn B Railway stations opened in 1868 Rijksmonuments in Groningen (province) Transport in Oldambt (municipality)