Appingedam is a railway station located in Appingedam

Appingedam

- Population centres :Appingedam, Garreweer, Jukwerd, Laskwerd, Marsum, Oling, Opwierde, Solwerd, Tjamsweer.- Appingedam :Little is known about the exact age and origin of the name of Appingedam. It came into existence on the banks of the Delf, the present Damsterdiep, around 1200...

, The Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. The station was opened on 15 June 1884 and is located on the Groningen–Delfzijl railway. The original station building was nominated for heritage status, but was demolished after a fire in 1978. Nowadays the station is unstaffed and only basic platform facilities, as a shelter and a ticket machine

Ticket machine

A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...

, remain. The station is operated by Arriva

Arriva

Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...

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Train service

The following services currently call at Appingedam:

• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Delfzijl

Bus services

• 45 Delfzijl - Appingedam - Holwierde - Beirum - Spijk - Losdorp - Godlinze - t Zandt - Zeerijp - Loppersum (1x per hour) - Qbuzz
• 91 Appingedam - Holwierde - Krewerd - Oosterwijtwerd - Leermens - Eenum - Loppersum (5x per day) - Qbuzz
• 140 Delfzijl - Appingedam - Ten Boer - Groningen (1x per hour) - Qbuzz