Sittard railway station
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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
. All services from South Limburg
to the north pass through 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...
, 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 in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway
Maastricht–Venlo railway
The Maastricht–Venlo railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Maastricht to Venlo, passing through Sittard and Roermond. The line was opened in 1865...
and 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:...
. The services are 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...
. All services from South Limburg
South Limburg (Netherlands)
South Limburg is both a COROP region as well as a landstreek of The Netherlands located in the province of Limburg...
to the north pass through Sittard.
Train service
The following services currently call at Sittard:- 2 hourly intercity services Schagen - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht/Heerlen (trains split/join in Sittard)
- 1 hourly local service (stoptrein) Sittard - Heerlen
- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Roermond - Maastricht Randwyck