Soestduinen railway station
Encyclopedia
Soestduinen was a railway station in the village of Soestduinen, near Amersfoort
, the Netherlands
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The station was served by the Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle stoptrain.
Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...
, 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...
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History
The station is on the Centraalspoorweg, the station was also sometimes called Soesterberg. The station opened on the 20th August 1863. The station closed on 24 May 1998. This was due to not enough usage of the station. The station remained as it was when it closed, but in 2008 the platforms were finally removed and the station building was put up for sale.The station was served by the Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle stoptrain.