Glanerbrug railway station
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Glanerbrug is a railway station close to the border of Germany
in Glanerbrug
, The Netherlands
. The station opened on 18 November 2001 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany
stopped as the line was closed. The line to Gronau was re-opened in 2001. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
but is served by DB
and Prignitzer Eisenbahn.
The station was originally opened on 1 January 1868 as Glanerbeek and closed on 6 November 1950.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in Glanerbrug
Glanerbrug
Glanerbrug is a village east of Enschede, Netherlands and is also situated in the municipality Enschede. It is close to the border with Germany, which is formed by the stream Glanerbeek...
, 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 opened on 18 November 2001 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
The Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Zutphen to the German border at Glanerbrug, passing through Hengelo and Enschede. It is also called the Staatslijn D in Dutch. "Glanerbeek" is the former name for the Glanerbrug railway station. The line was opened...
. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
stopped as the line was closed. The line to Gronau was re-opened in 2001. 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...
but is served by DB
DB
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and Prignitzer Eisenbahn.
The station was originally opened on 1 January 1868 as Glanerbeek and closed on 6 November 1950.
Train services
The following services calls at Glanerbrug:- 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Lünen - Dortmund
- 1x per hour local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Münster