Winterswijk is a railway station in Winterswijk

Winterswijk

Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.Winterswijk is a town with a population of some 30,000 in the Achterhoek which lies in the most eastern part of the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was also known as Winethereswick, Winriswic or Wenterswic...

, The Netherlands

Netherlands

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. The station opened on 24 June 1878 and is located on the Zutphen–Winterswijk railway and the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway. The services are operated by 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...

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The station used to be an important point as this was a point where freight trains would go into Germany. There used to be lines going in 5 directions: Arnhem, Zutphen, Bocholt (Germany), Borken (Germany) and Neede. Today there are 3 buses to Germany, otherwise passengers have to travel to Arnhem, Hengelo or Enschede.

Train services

The following services currently call at Winterswijk:

• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Zutphen - Winterswijk
• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem - Winterswijk

Bus services

www.syntus.nl

• 73 (Winterswijk - Groenlo - Eibergen - Haaksbergen - Enschede)
• R71 (Winterswijk - Vreden
  Vreden
  Vreden is a small town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the Dutch border. The town is located near the river Berkel. The first mentioning of the town is proven for the year 839...
  
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• T10 (Winterswijk - Barlo (Germany)
• T55 (Winterswijk - Oeding (Germany)