Tiel railway station
Encyclopedia
Tiel is a railway station located in Tiel
, the Netherlands
. The station opened on 1 November 1882 and is on the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
, Syntus
.
The station is the end of the electrified line from Geldermalsen
. The line to Elst
remains non-electrified.
Tiel
' is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands.The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river on the south and the north side, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on the east side. The city was founded in the 5th century AD....
, 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 1 November 1882 and is on the Elst–Dordrecht railway. 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...
, Syntus
Syntus
Syntus bv is a public transport company operating bus and passenger train services in the east of the Netherlands. It is owned jointly by NS Reizigers and Keolis...
.
The station is the end of the electrified line from Geldermalsen
Geldermalsen railway station
Geldermalsen is a railway station in the town of Geldermalsen, the Netherlands. The station opened in 1868, the station is a junction station, with an island platform so that changing was easy. To reach the platforms from the station building you have to use the tunnel or bridge.The current...
. The line to Elst
Elst railway station
Elst is a railway station located in Elst, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 15 June 1879 and is located on the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, with services also calling operated by Syntus...
remains non-electrified.
Train service
The following services call at Tiel:- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel
- 1 hourly local service (stoptrein) Tiel - Elst - Arnhem