Best is a railway station located in Best, 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...

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The station is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway

Breda–Eindhoven railway

The Breda–Eindhoven railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Eindhoven, passing through Tilburg and Boxtel. The line was opened between 1863 and 1866...

 between Tilburg and Eindhoven. 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...

. The station is located in a tunnel and has four platforms, although only three are currently in use.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1866. It closed on 15 May 1938 and re-opened on 10 June 1940. There have been several different station buildings over the years. The most recent building was finished in 2000, as part of the construction of two extra tracks between Eindhoven and Boxtel

Boxtel

Boxtel is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.This is the origin of the van Boxtel family, which has numerous descendants in North Brabant....

, bringing the total to four.

Destinations

The following major destinations are possible from Best:

Eindhoven, Helmond

Helmond

Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...

, Deurne

Deurne

Deurne may refer to two towns:* Deurne, North Brabant, a municipality in North Brabant * Deurne, Belgium, a district of the city of Antwerp...

, Tilburg

Tilburg

Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....

 and 's-Hertogenbosch. For Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, travellers need to change trains at 's-Hertogenbosch.

Train services

The following services currently call at Best:

• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Tilburg Universiteit - Eindhoven
• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Deurne