The Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway is a

railway line Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...

in the

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, running from

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 ...

to Zuidbroek, passing through

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. Holland America Line has named fo ...

. The line was opened in 1910,Overzicht van de spoorlijn Stadskanaal- Zuidbroek
(in Dutch), ''Stationsweb''. Retrieved 15 October 2014. and closed in 1953, but the Veendam-Zuidbroek section was reopened in 2011. The Stadskanaal-Veendam section is owned by the STAR museum railway, and mostly runs using steam trains.

Stations

Train service

Services on the Veendam-Zuidbroek line are operated by

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. From Monday to Saturday, trains run every thirty minutes between 5am and 8pm. At all other times trains run hourly.

References

External links

STAR

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stadakanaal-Zuidbroek railway Railway lines in Groningen (province) Heritage railways in the Netherlands