Eygelshoven railway station
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Eygelshoven is a railway station located in Eygelshoven
Eygelshoven
Eygelshoven is a small village near the town of Kerkrade in the southeast of the Netherlands, close to the German and Belgian borders.It has two former coal mines, Laura and Julia, which were named after the wives of the two owners...

, 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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History

The station was opened on 15 May 1949 and is located on the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht - Kerkrade). The station is operated by Veolia.

This station is in the south west of Eygelshoven, with another station in the north Eygelshoven Markt
Eygelshoven Markt railway station
Eygelshoven Markt is a railway station located in Eygelshoven, The Netherlands.-History:The station was opened in 1909 and operated under the name Eygelshoven until closure in 1952 and subsequent demolition. The station was rebuilt and opened on 9 December 2007 under the name Eygelshoven Markt...

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Destinations

These are some of the destinations that can be reached from Eygelshoven:

Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

, Valkenburg
Valkenburg (South Holland)
Valkenburg is a village and former municipality in the province of South Holland, in thewestern Netherlands. Valkenburg is now part of the municipality Katwijk....

, Heerlen
Heerlen
Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...

, Landgraaf
Landgraaf
Landgraaf is a municipality in southeastern Limburg.- Special information :A pop music festival called Pinkpop is held annually on the Pentecost weekend in the vicinity of Landgraaf....

, and Kerkrade
Kerkrade
Kerkrade is a town and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the western half of the divided region and de facto city, taken together with the eastern half, the German town of Herzogenrath...

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Train services

The following services currently call at Eygelshoven:
  • 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum

Bus services

  • 23 - "Eygelshoven Station" - Eygelshoven Markt - Ubach over Worms
    Ubach over Worms
    Ubach over Worms is a former municipality located in the southeast of the Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 1982 it was incorporated into the new municipality of Landgraaf along with Schaesberg and Nieuwenhagen. The German name for this part of Landgraaf is "Waubach"...

     - Rimburg
    Rimburg
    Rimburg is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Landgraaf, on the German border.Rimburg was a separate municipality until 1887, when it was merged with Ubach over Worms.-External links:*...

     - Ubach-Palenburg
  • 26 - Kerkrade Bus Station - Haanrade - Eygelshoven Markt - "Eygelshoven Station" - Landgraaf - Heerlen de Kissel Station
    Heerlen de Kissel railway station
    -History:The station opened on 9 December 2007 and is on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heuvellandlijn . The services are operated by Veolia and Deutsche Bahn.-Major destinations:Major destinations from Heerlen de Kissel include:...

    - Heerlen Station - Hoensbroek
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