Nijmegen train station

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Nijmegen
Main entrance to the station (2019)
Main entrance to the station (2019)
Data
Location in the network Crossing station
Design Through station
Platform tracks 4th
abbreviation Nm
IBNR 8400470
opening August 9, 1865
Website URL NS info page
Architectural data
architect Sybold van Ravesteyn
location
City / municipality Nijmegen
province Gelderland
Country Netherlands
Coordinates 51 ° 50 '36 "  N , 5 ° 51' 9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 50 '36 "  N , 5 ° 51' 9"  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in the Netherlands
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The Nijmegen Railway Station is the largest train station in the Dutch city of Nijmegen and after the station Arnhem Centraal of frequented second-most station of the province of Gelderland . It is the central hub in urban public transport and can only be accessed with an OV-chipkaart . National regional and long-distance trains run at the station.

history

The road tunnel runs below the train station (2008).

On August 9, 1865, the first station in Nijmegen was opened as the terminus of the Cologne – Nijmegen railway line by the local railway company Nijmeegsche Spoorwegmaatschappij . The half-timbered building was to the west of today's location on the site of the Concertgebouw de Vereeniging and on the Groesbeekseweg . At that time, however, there was only a connection to the Prussian city of Kleve . With the opening of the Arnhem – Nijmegen railway on June 15, 1879, Nijmegen was connected to the Dutch rail network and received a provisional station at the current location, which had been built on behalf of the Staatsspoorwegen . Connections to Tilburg and Venlo were opened in 1881 and 1883 . The station building was replaced in 1894 by a new building designed by the architect Cornelis Peters in the neo-Gothic style . The old building was then used as a factory in the Ooijpolder . During the bombing of Nijmegen on February 22, 1944 during the Second World War, numerous bombs fell in the immediate vicinity of the station, but the building itself was largely spared. However, the bombing damaged the left wing of the building, in the station restaurant of which there was a course for the staff, and a train stopped on the tracks. The forecourt was also affected, where a bus and a tram were badly damaged by bomb fragments. In addition to the 40 dead on the station forecourt, numerous other people also fell victim to the bombing in the station restaurant and on the train. The station building suffered severe damage during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 when it burned down completely. Only the outer walls, the tunnel and the platform roof remained. Ten years later, the station building was rebuilt according to Baroque and Classicist- inspired designs by the architect Sybold van Ravesteyn .

future

In the 2020s , Nijmegen station is to be modernized on behalf of the municipality of Nijmegen, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen , ProRail and the province of Gelderland. In detail, there are plans to build a second main entrance on the west side of the station. There, the area is to be expanded into a station forecourt, where a bicycle station and a kiss and ride zone are also to be built. In addition, a third platform is to be created, which will necessitate an extension of the pedestrian tunnel below. This should then connect the two main entrances. As a result, the underpass that connects the pedestrian tunnel to the road tunnel is overdue. The Dutch company Arcadis is to carry out the construction work. The improvements should be completed between 2022 and 2026 and will be implemented in connection with the Programma Hoogfrequent Spoorvervoer project. The project, initiated by the Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat , has the vision that by 2028 a train will run every ten minutes on the six busiest railway lines in the Netherlands.

Route connections

In the 2020 annual timetable , the following lines operate at Nijmegen station:

Train type Line course frequency
Intercity Nijmegen  - Arnhem Centraal  - Ede-Wageningen  - Utrecht Centraal  - Amsterdam Centraal  - Alkmaar  - Den Helder every half hour
Intercity Schiphol Airport  - Utrecht Centraal - Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem Centraal - Nijmegen every half hour (does not run after 10 p.m.)
Intercity Roosendaal  - Breda  - Tilburg  - 's-Hertogenbosch  - Nijmegen  - Arnhem Centraal - Zutphen  - Deventer  - Zwolle every half hour
Intercity Utrecht Centraal - Driebergen-Zeist  - Veenendaal-De Klomp - Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem Centraal - Elst  - Nijmegen every hour (only stops on Friday and Saturday nights)
sprinter Dordrecht  - Breda - Tilburg - 's-Hertogenbosch - Nijmegen  (- Arnhem Centraal) every half hour (does not go to Arnhem in the evening; every Sunday)
sprinter ( Wijchen  -) Nijmegen  - Arnhem Centraal - Zutphen every half hour (does not go to Wijchen in the evenings or on Sundays)
Stoptrein (Arriva) Nijmegen  - Venray - Venlo  - Roermond every half hour
Stoptrein (Arriva) Nijmegen  - Venray every half hour (no stop in the evening and at the weekend)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Station spoorlijn Nijmegen-Kleef. In: huisvandenijmeegsegeschiedenis.nl. Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis, accessed on March 15, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Station Nijmegen in oorlogstijd. In: huisvandenijmeegsegeschiedenis.nl. Huis van de Nijmeegse Geschiedenis, accessed on March 15, 2019 (Dutch).
  3. ^ Marieke van Gompel: Arcadis past station area Nijmegen aan voor PHS. In: SpoorPro. ProMedia Group, October 2, 2018, accessed March 14, 2019 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ station area. In: nijmegen.nl. Gemeente Nijmegen, accessed March 14, 2019 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Nijmegen. In: prorail.nl. ProRail, accessed March 14, 2019 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ Programma Hoogfrequent Spoorvervoer. In: prorail.nl. ProRail, accessed March 14, 2019 (Dutch).

Web links

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