Roosendaal – Breda railway line
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| Route length: | 23 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 1,500 V = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Roosendaal – Breda railway is a railway line between Roosendaal and Breda .
history
The railway line is an important railway line in the south of the Netherlands. The route is about 23 kilometers. The section between Roosendaal and Etten-Leur was opened by the Société Anonyme des chemins de fer d'Anvers à Rotterdam (AR) in 1854 , and from May 1855 it was able to start operations on the entire route. The railway line is one of the shortest in the Netherlands and has only three stations.
course
The route begins at the Roosendaal train station, from there the route continues eastwards through a rather sparsely populated area via the train station in Etten-Leur. Shortly before Breda, the route passes under the A 16 and ends at the train station in Breda.
Train traffic
On the route, Intercity runs every half hour between Roosendaal and Zwolle via Breda and Arnhem .