Bad Nieuweschans railway station
Bad Nieuweschans | |||||||||||||||
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 Bad Nieuweschans railway station in 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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Stationsstraat 4[1] Bad Nieuweschans, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°11′03″N 7°11′58″E / 53.18417°N 7.19944°ECoordinates: 53°11′03″N 7°11′58″E / 53.18417°N 7.19944°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NS Stations | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Arriva | ||||||||||||||
| Bus operators | Qbuzz | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus lines: 811, 817 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Nsch[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 November 1868 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Nieuweschans (1868–2013) | ||||||||||||||
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  Bad Nieuweschans Location within the Dutch railway network | |||||||||||||||
Bad Nieuweschans (Dutch pronunciation: [bɑt ˌniuʋəˈsxɑns]; abbreviation: Nsch), previously named Nieuweschans (1868–2013), is an unstaffed railway station in the village of Bad Nieuweschans in the Netherlands. It is connects the Harlingen–Nieuweschans and Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railways and is situated between Winschoten in the Netherlands and Weener in Germany.
The station building was completed in 1867 and demolished in 1973. Train services started on 1 November 1868. There are currently two train services, operated by Arriva, with trains every hour to and from Groningen and Leer (Germany). There are two regional bus services provided by Qbuzz.
Location
The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of Bad Nieuweschans in the east of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.[1] It is the easternmost station in the Netherlands[2] and connects the Dutch railway network in the west with the German railway network in the east. The station is the eastern terminus of the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway, which leads towards Winschoten and Groningen in the Netherlands,[2] and the western terminus of the Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway, which leads towards Weener and Leer in Germany.
History
The station building was completed in 1867 and opened as Nieuweschans on 1 November 1868.[1] The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway was opened on 26 November 1876.[3]
Georges Simenon's story Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931) starts in this station.
During World War II between 1942 and 1944, more than 102,000 people were transported from the Westerbork transit camp to Nazi concentration camps. Nieuweschans was the last station in the Netherlands they passed, which is commemorated with the sculpture De laatste blik (The Last View).[4]
The station building was demolished in 1973.[1]
On 15 December 2013, the village was renamed from Nieuweschans to Bad Nieuweschans and the station name was changed accordingly.
Station layout
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At the station, the unelectrified single-track railway splits into two tracks. There are two platforms, platform 1 is north of the northern track and platform 2 is south of the southern track. Beyond the station the tracks merge back into a single track.[5]
Services
Trains
There are two local train services (Dutch: stoptreinen, German: Regionalbahn), both operated by Arriva, that call at Bad Nieuweschans:[6][7][8]
- Stoptrein 20100/Regionalbahn 57: Groningen – Groningen Europapark – Kropswolde – Martenshoek – Hoogezand-Sappemeer – Sappemeer Oost – Zuidbroek – Scheemda – Winschoten – Bad Nieuweschans – Weener – Leer[6][7]
- Stoptrein 37500: Groningen – Groningen Europapark – Kropswolde – Martenshoek – Hoogezand-Sappemeer – Sappemeer Oost – Zuidbroek – Scheemda – Winschoten – Bad Nieuweschans[6][8]
The 37500 service only continues to Bad Nieuweschans in the morning and in the evening.[6]
Buses
At the station, there are two bus connections operated by Qbuzz with the following destinations:[9]
- Line 811: Bellingwolde
- Line 817: Bad Nieuweschans/Finsterwolde
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 (Dutch) Station Nieuweschans, Stationsweb. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- 1 2 (Dutch) Spoorkaart Nederland, ProRail, 2013. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- ↑ (Dutch) Rowin Penning, "6 december 1876", Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum, 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ (Dutch) Bad Nieuweschans, 'De laatste blik', Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- ↑ Leeuwarden–Groningen, Sporenplan. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 (Dutch) Groningen–Veendam/Winschoten–Nieuweschans (ARRIVA), Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- 1 2 (Dutch) Treinserie 20100 (2015), OV in Nederland.nl. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- 1 2 (Dutch) Treinserie 37500 (2015), OV in Nederland.nl. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.
- ↑ (Dutch) Halte: Bad Nieuweschans, Busstation, Qbuzz. Retrieved on 24 December 2014.
External links
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