Driebergen-Zeist railway station
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Driebergen-Zeist is a railway station located between Driebergen-Rijsenburg
Driebergen-Rijsenburg
Driebergen-Rijsenburg is a town in the municipality Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.-External links:**...

 and Zeist
Zeist
Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht.-Population centres :*Austerlitz*Bosch en Duin*Den Dolder*Huis ter Heide*Zeist- The town of Zeist :...

, the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. The station was opened on 17 June 1844 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
The Amsterdam–Arnhem railway or Rhijnspoorweg is an important Dutch railway line, that connects Amsterdam with Utrecht and Arnhem, The Netherlands and also into Germany.-History:...

. 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...

. In a Railpro survey in 2005 there was approximately 8368 passengers per day using Driebergen-Zeist station.

Destinations

The following major destinations are possible from Driebergen-Zeist:

Arnhem
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

, Nijmegen, Rhenen
Rhenen
Rhenen is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden, Elst and Laareind. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost part of the chain of hills known as the Utrecht Hill Ridge ,...

, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
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, Schiphol.

At Arnhem many other major destinations can be reached including:

Deventer
Deventer
Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...

, 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:...

, Cologne
Cologne
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, Tiel
Tiel
' is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands.The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river on the south and the north side, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on the east side. The city was founded in the 5th century AD....

, 's-Hertogenbosch, Tilburg
Tilburg
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, Breda
Breda
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, Roosendaal, Doetinchem
Doetinchem
Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants and has an area of 79.66 km²...

 and Zutphen.

Train services

The following services currently call at Driebergen-Zeist:
  • 2x per hour intercity service Schiphol - Utrecht - Nijmegen
  • 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Amsterdam - Utrecht - Rhenen
  • 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Breukelen - Utrecht - Veenendaal Centrum

Bus services

Bus Services depart from in front and behind the station.

These include:

43, 46, 50, 56, 71, 74 and 81.
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