Venlo railway station

Venlo
File:Venlo railway station.JPG Station at night
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Maastricht–Venlo railway Viersen–Venlo railway Venlo–Eindhoven railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	Vl
History
Opened	1865
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Blerick toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1900 2x/hour Terminus Veolia Blerick toward Nijmegen Veolia Stoptrein 32200 2x/hour Tegelen toward Roermond Deutsche Bahn Terminus RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express 1x/hour Kaldenkirchen toward Hamm Hbf
Location

Venlo is the railway station for the city of Venlo in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It is situated on the Maastricht–Venlo railway, the Viersen–Venlo railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Nijmegen–Venlo railway.

The first station in Venlo was opened on November 21, 1865. The current building dates from 1958 and is a typical Dutch station of the post-war era, featuring a clock tower and a large canopy spanning the front of the station.

There is a bus station for regional and city buses in front of the station, as well as a car park.

Train services

The following train services call at Venlo:

Category or Line	Direction	Frequency	Operator
InterCity	Venlo – Eindhoven – Breda – Rotterdam – The Hague	2× per hour	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Stoptrein	Nijmegen – Venlo – Roermond	2× per hour	Veolia Transport Nederland
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express: Venlo – Mönchengladbach – Neuss – Düsseldorf – Wuppertal – Hagen – Hamm	1× per hour	Eurobahn

Venlo is a border station and therefore sees a significant number of shunting movements. On several tracks, the catenary can be switched between the 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC used on the Deutsche Bahn network and the 1500 V DC used by Nederlandse Spoorwegen network.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)