Beilen is a railway station located in Beilen, 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 1 May 1870, closed on 15 May 1938 and re-opened on 1 June 1940. The station is located on the Meppel–Groningen railway

Meppel–Groningen railway

The Meppel–Groningen railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Meppel to Groningen, passing through Hoogeveen and Assen. The line was opened in 1870...

. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

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Destinations

These are some of the destinations that are possible to reach from Beilen:

Zwolle

Zwolle

Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

, Assen

Assen

Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June the Dutch TT is run...

, Amersfoort

Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...

, Hilversum

Hilversum

is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...

, Amsterdam Airport and Groningen.

Train services

The following services currently call at Beilen:

• 1x per hour intercity service Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen
• 1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Assen - Groningen

Bus services

• 22 (Assen - Hooghalen
  Hooghalen
  Hooghalen is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 9 km south of Assen....
  
   - Beilen - Westerbork - Zweeloo
  Zweeloo
  Zweeloo is a village in the municipality of Coevorden, located in the province of Drenthe, The Netherlands.Zweeloo was a separate municipality from 1819 to 1998, when it was merged with Coevorden.-Monuments:The rural church of Zweeloo was erected in 1252...
  
  ) - Qbuzz, 1 t 2x per hour
• 190 (Hoogersmilde
  Hoogersmilde
  Hoogersmilde is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 16 km southwest of Assen.In 2001, the town of Hoogersmilde had 730 inhabitants...
  
   - Beilen) - Qbuzz, Roughly 1x per hour, not weekends
• 236 (Beilen - Wijster
  Wijster
  Wijster is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Midden-Drenthe, and lies about 11 km north of Hoogeveen.In 2001, the town of Wijster had 462 inhabitants...
  
  - Hoogeveen) - Qbuzz, 1x per hour, not weekends