Eindhoven – Weert railway line

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Eindhoven Centraal - Weert
Route in Heeze (2013)
Route in Heeze (2013)
Section of the Eindhoven – Weert railway line
Route length: 30.0 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system : 1500 V  =
Top speed: 140 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Breda
   
 from Winterslag
Station, station
 0.000 Eindhoven Centraal
   
 to Venlo
   
 2.000 Tongelre (until 1935)
Station, station
 6.127 Geldrop
Road bridge
 A67
   
 after Winterslag
Station, station
 10,300 Heeze (since 1977)
Station without passenger traffic
 11,585 Heeze (until 1977)
   
 14,462 Sterksel (until 1938)
   
 18.890 Maarheeze (until 1938)
Station, station
 20,100 Maarheeze (since 2010)
Road bridge
 A2
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from Budel
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Zuid-Willemsvaart
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Station, station
 30.000 Weert
Route - straight ahead
 to Roermond

The Eindhoven - Weert railway is an approximately 30 km long railway line between Eindhoven and Weert in the Netherlands . The double-track, electrified line was opened in 1913 and runs in the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg .

course

Reception building in Weert (2001)

The route begins at Eindhoven Centraal station and leaves it to the southeast. The first stop was in the Tongelre district of Eindhoven . After Geldrop , the route turns more towards the south and remains relatively straight in the further course. The major part is laid out in the embankment . Weerter train station is reached from the west, where the line joins the Rheydt - Antwerp (IJzeren Rijn) line. Between Maarheeze and Weert , the route crosses the border between North Brabant and Limburg.

history

The railway line was built from 1910 and opened on October 30, 1913. Scheduled operations began on November 1, 1913. The train stations in Eindhoven and Weert received new station buildings at this time . The construction was carried out to shorten the Staatslijn E ( Breda  –Eindhoven - Venlo  - Maastricht ), especially since this was still single-track in the affected section. Through trains gradually used the new connection, with the increase in coal transports, Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen also increasingly shifted freight trains onto the route.

Bridge over the Zuid-Willemsvaart near Weert, the abutments of the two bridges that have not been rebuilt can be seen in the background (2002).
Platform in Geldrop (1997)

In the 1930s the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) closed all intermediate stops except for the Heeze train station. Geldrop station went back into operation after two years. During the Second World War the four bridges over the Zuid-Willemsvaart were blown up, after the war two shelters were rebuilt. Since then, the separation point from the route with the IJzeren Rijn has been located west of the canal. In 1949 the NS electrified the line with direct current. In 1960 the Heeze-Leende station was named Heeze . In 1977 it was moved 1.3 kilometers north, closer to the city center. The old station remained as a service station . In 2010 the Maarheeze stop was reopened in a different location.

traffic

In the beginning, some express trains ran between the Randstad and Maastricht over the route, they were supplemented by passenger trains that stopped at all intermediate stations. After the Second World War, the NS gradually expanded the offer so that almost all express trains in the direction of Limburg use the connection. In the 1950s, a pair of express trains ran every two hours on the routes Amsterdam  - Maastricht and Rotterdam  / The Hague  - Utrecht  - Maastricht / Heerlen , stopping at all subway stations along the route. With the 1970 annual timetable, the offer was expanded to  include an hourly IC train pair Zandvoort – Maastricht and Zandvoort – Heerlen. There are also hourly sprinters between Eindhoven and Weert.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Martijn van Vulpen: Spoorlijn Eindhoven - Weert. In: martijnvanvulpen.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Anniversary! Spoorlijn Eindhoven – Weert bestaat 1 eeuw. In: prorail.nl. ProRail , October 30, 2013, accessed January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Overview of de Spoorlijn Eindhoven - Weert. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Stopplaats Tongelre. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Stopplaats Sterksel. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  6. ^ Station Maarheeze (oud). In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  7. ^ Geldrop station. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  8. ↑ Eindhoven (excl) - Roermond (excl). In: sporenplan.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  9. ↑ Maarheeze station. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2020 (Dutch).