Zuidbroek (; abbreviation: Zb) 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 ...

in Zuidbroek in the

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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 ...

between Sappemeer Oost and

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, and at the northern end of the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after

Veendam Veendam () is a town and municipality with a population of 27,752 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Veendam was established in 1648 as a peat colony by Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck. A Holland America Line cruise ship ...

in the province of Groningen. The station building was designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode and completed in 1865. Train services started on 1 May 1868. The Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum has been housed in the station building since 2014. At the station are four tracks and three platforms. The three local train services are operated by

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and Taxi de Grooth.

Location

The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of Zuidbroek, part of the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the

. It is situated on the

between the railway stations Sappemeer Oost and

. The Scholte railway stop was between Sappemeer Oost and Zuidbroek from 1933 to 1935. The distance from Zuidbroek westward to railway terminus Harlingen Haven is , to Groningen , and eastward to railway terminus Bad Nieuweschans . Zuidbroek is situated at the northern end of the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after

. The Meeden-Muntendam railway station was between Veendam and Zuidbroek from 1910 to 1941. The distance from Zuidbroek southward to Veendam is and to former railway terminus

Stadskanaal Stadskanaal () is a town and municipality with a population of 32,715 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It was named after the canal Stadskanaal. From 1800 until 1900 this area was ideal for its peat mining, and so ...

was .Overzicht van de spoorlijn Stadskanaal-Zuidbroek
Stationsweb. Retrieved 2 June 2016. And Zuidbroek was also situated at the southern end of the Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway before Zuidbroek Dorp from 1910 to 1934. The distance from Zuidbroek northward to railway terminus Delfzijl was .Overzicht van de spoorlijn Zuidbroek-Delfzijl
Stationsweb. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

History

The station building was completed in 1865. Train services on the

started on 1 May 1868.Station Zuidbroek
Stationsweb. Retrieved 9 May 2016. Train services on the Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway started on 5 January 1910 and on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway on 1 August 1910. The station building was renovated around 1912. Services on the Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway on the segment between Zuidbroek and Weiwerd ended on 1 December 1934. During

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after the

German invasion of the Netherlands The German invasion of the Netherlands ( nl, Duitse aanval op Nederland), otherwise known as the Battle of the Netherlands ( nl, Slag om Nederland), was a military campaign part of Case Yellow (german: Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of t ...

, services on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway were interrupted from 15 May 1939 to 29 May 1940. Services on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway ended on 17 May 1953. The station building was again renovated in 1959. There was another halt called Zuidbroek dorp in Zuidbroek on the Zuidbroek-Delfzijl railway. In 2002–2012, the station building was restored to its original state. On 1 May 2011, the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway was reopened between

and Zuidbroek. Train services are provided by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum has been housed in the station building.

Building and layout

The 19th-century station building is of the type '' SS Hoogezand etc'', which was designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode. Nine station buildings of this type were built in the Netherlands, of which the building in Zuidbroek is the only one remaining today. The double-track railway through Zuidbroek is unelectrified and oriented west to east. At the station are four tracks and three platforms, two of which form an

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between the two middle tracks.Leeuwarden–Groningen
Sporenplan. Retrieved 9 May 2016. Platform 1 is on the northern side of the tracks and serves trains towards Groningen. Platform 2 is on the northern side of the island and serves trains towards Bad Nieuweschans and Veendam. Platform 3 is on the southern side of the island.Actuele vertrektijden Station Zuidbroek

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 ...

. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

Train services

Bus services

References

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Zuidbroek station
station information {{Railway stations in Groningen 1860s establishments in the Netherlands Infrastructure completed in 1865 Railway stations in Groningen (province) Railway stations on the Staatslijn B Railway stations on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway Railway stations on the Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway Railway stations opened in 1868 Transport in Midden-Groningen