Echt railway station
Encyclopedia
Echt is a railway station located in Echt, The Netherlands
. The station was opened in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway
. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
.
Maastricht
, Sittard
and Roermond
.
For Heerlen
change at Sittard.
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...
. The station is 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...
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Destinations
The following major destinations are possible from Echt: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...
, 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...
and 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...
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For Heerlen
Heerlen railway station
-History:The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway 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...
change at Sittard.
Train service
The following services currently call at Echt:- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Sittard - Roermond
Platforms
- 1 - Towards Roermond
- 2 - Towards Maastricht