Boxtel is a railway station located in 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....

, 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 1865 and 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) and the Utrecht–Boxtel railway

Utrecht–Boxtel railway

The Utrecht–Boxtel railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Utrecht to Boxtel, passing through Geldermalsen and Boxtel. The line was opened between 1868 and 1870...

. The station is currently 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...

. Boxtel is an interchange station for Stoptreinen (trains stopping at every station) in North Brabant

North Brabant

North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...

. There are services meeting in 3 different directions.

The station was majorly rebuilt from 1998 and opened in 2000. This is when the station became two island platforms.

Destinations

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

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....

, 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 and 's-Hertogenbosch.

The nearest major stations where all trains stop are:

• Eindhoven railway station
  Eindhoven railway station
  -History:The station was opened on 1 July 1866 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Eindhoven–Weert railway. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.The station is 900m east of the Philips Stadion....
  
   - for services to the south and east

• 's-Hertogenbosch railway station
  's-Hertogenbosch railway station
  s-Hertogenbosch is a railway station located in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. The station and all services operating from it are run by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the largest Dutch train operating company.-History:...
  
   - for services to the north and east

• Tilburg railway station
  Tilburg railway station
  Tilburg is a railway station located in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 5 October 1863 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway and the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway...
  
  - for services to the west and north

Train services

The following services currently call at Boxtel:

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