Breda – Eindhoven railway line

Breda – Eindhoven

A Dubbeldekker Zonering is on the road as a sprinter at Gilze en Rijen .

Route length:

58 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

1,500 V =

Top speed:

140 km / h

Legend

		from Roosendaal
		from Rotterdam
	0	Breda
		A 27
	11	Gilze-Rijen
	18th	Tilburg Reeshof
	20th	Tilburg Universiteit Tilburg West until the end of 2010
	22nd	Tilburg
		Wilhelminakanal
		to 's-Hertogenbosch
		A65
	30th	Oisterwijk
		Railway line from Utrecht
	39	Boxtel
		to Wesel

	49	Best

		Wilhelminakanal
		A 2 , A 58
	57	Eindhoven Strijp-S until the end of 2015 Eindhoven Beukenlaan
	59	Eindhoven Centraal until the end of 2019 Eindhoven
		according to Weert
		to Venlo

The Breda – Eindhoven line is a railway line between Breda and Eindhoven . The railway line is an important railway line in the south of the Netherlands. The length of the route is around 58 kilometers.

history

On October 5, 1863, the first section between Breda and Tilburg was opened; that was the first section of the Dutch State Railways . The section between Tilburg and Boxtel was inaugurated on May 1, 1865. The last section between Boxtel and Eindhoven was opened to traffic on July 1, 1866.

Between 1998 and 2002, the line between Boxtel and Eindhoven was expanded from two to four tracks, which is why the stations in Boxtel and Best were completely rebuilt. The station in Best was converted into a tunnel station.

With the timetable change in December 2010, the station was renamed Tilburg West.

traffic

In the 2012 annual timetable , the Intercity trains from The Hague to Venlo and the regional train from Tilburg Universiteit to Weert run on the route . The Intercitys from Roosendaal to Arnhem and the regional train from Breda to Utrecht only run on the section between Breda and Tilburg . In addition, the stations between Boxtel and Eindhoven Centraal will be traversed by the intercity trains from Alkmaar to Maastricht or Heerlen and from Schiphol Airport to Eindhoven and the regional train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Deurne .

Individual evidence

^ Station Tilburg West on stationsweb.nl

Web links

Commons : Breda – Eindhoven line - collection of images, videos and audio files

Overzicht van de spoorlijn Breda – Eindhoven . In: stationsweb.nl (Dutch).

[1] Station Tilburg West on stationsweb.nl