Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway

Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
250px Map of the trajectory
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Netherlands
Termini	Arnhem railway station Leeuwarden railway station
Operation
Opened	1865-1868
Operator(s)	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Technical
Line length	166 km (103 mi)
No. of tracks	Arnhem–Deventer double-track, Deventer–Olst single-track, Olst-Leeuwarden double-track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC
Route map Legend Line from Utrecht Line from Nijmegen 0.0 Arnhem 0.5 Arnhem Velperpoort Line to Oberhausen 1.2 Arnhem Presikhaaf 4.2 Velp 8.0 Rheden 14.3 Dieren Museum line to Apeldoorn 20.3 Brummen Line from Apeldoorn River IJssel 27.5 Zutphen 29.2 Line to Winterswijk 29.6 Line to Hengelo 40.9 Line from Almelo 43.5 Deventer Line to Apeldoorn 53.1 Olst 59.6 Wijhe Line from Almelo Line from Amersfoort 73.5 Zwolle Line to Kampen Line to Emmen 100.7 Meppel Line to Groningen 114.5 Steenwijk 127.0 Wolvega 137.1 Heerenveen 148.8 Akkrum 153.7 Grou-Jirnsum Lines from Harlingen and Stavoren 166.2 Leeuwarden Line to Groningen

The Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Arnhem to Leeuwarden, passing through Deventer, Zwolle and Heerenveen. It is also called the Staatslijn A ("state line A") in Dutch. The part between Arnhem and Zwolle is sometimes called the IJssellijn ("IJssel line").

History

The line opened between 1865 and 1868. During the Second World War, the tracks between Deventer and Olst were removed by the German occupiers following the national railway strike from 1944 onwards. It had been a double-track section like the rest of the line, but was replaced post-war by a single track due to costs.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway are:

• Arnhem: to Cologne, Utrecht, Tiel, Nijmegen and 's-Hertogenbosch
• Zutphen: to Apeldoorn, Winterswijk and Hengelo
• Deventer: to Apeldoorn, Utrecht, Almelo and Berlin
• Zwolle: to Groningen, Kampen, Amersfoort, Almelo and Emmen
• Steenwijk:
• Meppel: to Groningen
• Leeuwarden: to Groningen, Harlingen and Stavoren

Closed stations

Ittersum, Herculo, Windesheim, Herxen, Wijnvoorden, Bovendorp, De Boerhaar, Diepenveen West, Rande, De Platvoet, Boksbergerweg, Snippeling, Colmschate, Epse, Gorssel, Eefde, Hungerink-Mettray, Nieuwstad, Hoven, Voorstonden, Het Vosje, Weg naar Voorst, Leuvenheim, Spankeren, Villa Hofstetten, Ellecom, Klein Avegoor, Diepesteeg, Holleweg, Hotel Den Engel, De Steeg, Wordt-Rheden, Hotel Naeff, Cafe Unie and Plattenburg.

Train services

The following train services use part of the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway:

• intercity service The Hague/Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Steenwijk - Leeuwarden
• intercity service Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Steenwijk - Leeuwarden
• intercity service Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen - 's-Hertogenbosch - Roosendaal
• local service (sprinter) Nijmegen - Arnhem - Zutphen
• local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Assen - Groningen

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons