Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Gilze en Rijen

Gilze en Rijen

Gilze en Rijen is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains four villages Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot.Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its leather factories.- Population centres :*Rijen...

, just south of Rijen

Rijen

Rijen is the largest place in the Dutch municipality of Gilze en Rijen. The city hall is located here. Rijen is cituated north of the A58, between Breda and Tilburg. Surrounding places are: Dorst, Dongen and Oosterhout...

, 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 5 October 1863 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 Breda and Tilburg. 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

The following major destinations are possible from Gilze-Rijen:

Breda

Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

, Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch.

Train service

The following services currently call at Gilze-Rijen:

• 2 hourly local services (sprinter) 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda

Bus services

Bus Services 131, 197 and 198 stop outside the station.

131 goes to Gilze