Heerlen railway station
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History

The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway
Sittard–Herzogenrath railway
The Sittard–Herzogenrath railway is a railway line running from Sittard in the Netherlands to Herzogenrath in Germany, passing through Heerlen. The line was opened in 1896.-Stations:The main interchange stations on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway are:...

 and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway. The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down. From Heerlen, you can travel to Aachen and some other destinations in Germany, nearer to the Dutch border. There is an Intercity that travels from the north of the country to the south.

Destinations

Major destinations from Heerlen include:

Sittard
Sittard
Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...

, Roermond
Roermond
Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.The city of Roermond is a historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received city rights in 1231...

, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, Alkmaar
Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...

, Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

, 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 aan de Geul
Valkenburg aan de Geul is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.-History:Siege and conquest were characteristic of the history of Valkenburg. Each event is withheld, followed by subsequent restorations. This most definitely holds for the castle perched atop of a hill in the middle of the...

.

Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

 and Den Haag can be reached by changing at Eindhoven. From Utrecht Centraal railway stations can be reached all over the country.

Train services

The following services currently call at Heerlen:
  • 2 hourly intercity services Schagen - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Heerlen
  • 2 hourly express services (sneltrein) Maastricht - Heerlen
  • 1 hourly local service (stoptrein) Sittard - Heerlen
  • 1 hourly local service (euregiobahn) Heerlen - Aachen - Stolberg
  • 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum

Bus services

There is a large new bus station at the back of the rail station:
  • 20 - Heerlen Station - Heerlen South - Kunrade - Voerendaal
    Voerendaal
    - Population centres :Barrier, Colmont, Craubeek, Dolberg, Eyserheide, Fromberg, Heek, Hellebeuk, Klimmen, Koulen, Kunrade, Mingersberg, Opscheumer, Overheek, Ransdaal, Retersbeek, Termaar, Termoors, Ubachsberg, Voerendaal, Weustenrade, Winthagen.-History:...

     - Voerendaal Station
    Voerendaal railway station
    Voerendaal is a railway station located in Voerendaal, The Netherlands. The services are operated by Veolia.-Train service:The following services currently call at Voerendaal:...

     - Retersbeek - Weustenrade
    Weustenrade
    Weustenrade is a village in the Netherlands, province Limburg, mun. Voerendaal. Circa 300 houses, near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen. There are still several old seventeenth century houses, among which the 'oliemolen' ....

     - Brommelen - Swier - Wijnandsrade
    Wijnandsrade
    Wijnandsrade is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Nuth.It is notable for its castle and church and two ponds, which define the village's centre....

     - Laar
    Laar
    Laar is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”.-Location:...

     - Nuth
    Nuth
    Nuth is a municipality and a village in the Dutch province of Limburg, situated in the southern Netherlands.The village Nuth has 5,548 inhabitants, and is with that the largest village of the municipality. The town hall of the municipality Nuth is also situated in the village Nuth...

     - Vaesrade
    Vaesrade
    Vaesrade is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Nuth.Vaesrade was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged with Nuth.-References:...

     - Hoensbroek
    Hoensbroek
    Hoensbroek is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality....

  • 21 - Brunssum
    Brunssum
    Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Brunssum was formerly a center of coal mining in the Netherlands and there are a few active mines remaining in the area...

     - Hoensbroek
    Hoensbroek
    Hoensbroek is a Dutch town in the municipality of Heerlen. It is situated in the southeast of Limburg, a province in the southeast of the Netherlands. Until 1982, Hoensbroek was a separate municipality....

     - Heerlen Station - Heerlen Hospital - Heerlen South - Kerkrade Stadion - Simpelveld
    Simpelveld
    Simpelveld is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands.Simpelveld has a heritage railway station and is the homebase of the South Limburg Railway Compagny ZLSM . On one weekend in October there is a Day out with Thomas from the children's television series Thomas and...

     - Eys
    Eys
    Eys is a village in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, the Netherlands. The town is located 3 km. from Gulpen and 17 km. from provincial capital Maastricht. Furthermore, it is characterised by its location in the hilly landscape of South Limburg. The village was first mentioned...

     - Gulpen
    Gulpen
    Gulpen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen.Gulpen was a separate municipality until 1999, when it merged with Wittem...

  • 22 - Heerlen Hospital - Heerlen Station - Landgraaf - Ubauch
  • 25 - Hoensbroek - Heerlen North - Heerlen Station - Landgraaf - Kerkrade
  • 26 - Kerkrade Bus Station - Haanrade - Eygelshoven Markt - Eygelshoven Station - Landgraaf - Heerlen de Kissel Station - Heerlen Station - Hoensbroek
  • 28 - Kerkrade South - Kerkrade Station - Kerkrade Bus Station - GaiaPark (Zoo) - Kerkrade Stadion - Heerlen East - Heerlen Station - Heerlen North - Brunssum - Schinveld
  • 29 - Kerkrade South - Kerkrade Station - Kerkrade Bus Station - Eygelshoven Markt - Landgraaf - Heerlen Station - Heerlen Molenburg - Kerkrade Stadion
  • 31 - Heerlen Station - Beek (School Service)
  • 33 - Heerlen Station - Landgraaf - Ubauch
  • 36 - Heerlen Station - Brunssum - Jabeek
    Jabeek
    Jabeek is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Onderbanken, on the German border about 8 km east of Geleen....

     - Doenrade - Sittard Station
    Sittard railway station
    Sittard is a railway station located in Sittard, The Netherlands. The station was opened in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway and the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen...

  • 37 - Heerlen Station - Brunssum - Merkelbeek
    Merkelbeek
    Merkelbeek is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Onderbanken, about 9 km northwest of Heerlen.Merkelbeek was a separate municipality until 1982, when it became part of Onderbanken....

     - Doenrade - Sittard Station
  • 40 - Heerlen Station - Kunrade - Ubachsberg - Elkenrade - Wijlre - Gulpen
  • 41 - Kerkrade Bus Station - GaiaPark (Zoo) - Kerkrade Stadion - Heerlen South - Heerlen Station - Hoensbroek - Amstenrade - Oiersbeek - Doenrade - Sittard Station
  • 42 -
  • 43 - Heerlen Station - Kerkrade Stadion - Simpelveld - Bocholtz - Nijswiller - Lemiers - Vaals
    Vaals
    Vaals is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which in its turn finds itself in the southeastern part of the Netherlands....

  • 44 - Heerlen Station - Kerkrade Stadion - Horbach
    Horbach
    Horbach may refer to the following municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:*Horbach, Bad Kreuznach, in the district of Bad Kreuznach*Horbach, Südwestpfalz, in the district Südwestpfalz*Horbach, Westerwaldkreis, in the district Westerwaldkreis...

     (Germany) - Richterich - Laurensberg - Aachen
    Aachen
    Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

     - Aachen Hauptbahnhof
    Aachen Hauptbahnhof
    Aachen Central Station is the train station for the city of Aachen, in the far west of Germany near the Dutch and Belgian border. It is the largest of the four currently active Aachen stations, and is integrated into the long-distance network.- History :...

  • 52 - Heerlen Station - Kunrade - Voerendaal - Klimmen - Hulsberg - Arensgenhout - Schimmert - Ulestraten - Meerssen Station
    Meerssen railway station
    Meerssen is a railway station in Meerssen and near Rothem, The Netherlands.-History:The station opened on 23 October 1853 and is located on the Heuvellandlijn...

  • 58 - Heerlen Station - Nijswiller - Wittem - Gulpen
    Gulpen
    Gulpen is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is approximately midway between the Dutch city of Maastricht and the German city of Aachen.Gulpen was a separate municipality until 1999, when it merged with Wittem...

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