Groningen Europapark is a railway station located in Groningen, 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 October 2007 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway

Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway

The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen to Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 and 1868. It is also known as the Staatslijn "B"...

 between Groningen and Nieuweschans. The train service is operated by Arriva

Arriva

Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...

. A new station Groningen Europapark is scheduled to open nearby in 2012, which will also be used by local services from Groningen to Zwolle. The station is near the Euroborg

Euroborg

Euroborg is the stadium of football club FC Groningen, with a capacity of 22,329 seats. Located to the south-east of Groningen, the Euroborg site houses a casino and a movie theatre, a school, a supermarket and a fitness centre. A temporary railway station at the Euroborg has opened in late 2007....

football stadium.

Train service

The following services currently call at Groningen Europapark:

• 1x per 2 hours local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Nieuweschans - Leer
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Nieuweschans
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Veendam