Schin op Geul is a railway station located in Schin op Geul

Schin op Geul

Schin op Geul is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, about 3 km southeast of the town of Valkenburg....

, The Netherlands

Netherlands

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History

The station was opened on 23 October 1853 and is located on the Heuvellandlijn (Maastricht - Heerlen - Kerkrade) and also the steam railway of ZLSM

Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij

The Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij or ZLSM is a heritage railway operating in the south of the Netherlands. It runs over the border into Germany and have an extensive collection of stock...

 (Schin op Geul - Simpelveld - Aachen). The services are operated by Veolia.

The station building is used as a restaurant as well as a waiting area.

Destinations

At Maastricht change for Liege

Liege

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 and Brussels

Brussels

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 and services towards Eindhoven, 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...

 and Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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. At Heerlen change for Aachen

Aachen

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Train service

The following services currently call at Schin op Geul:

• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum

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