Geldermalsen railway station

Geldermalsen is a railway station in the town of Geldermalsen, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 Nov 1868.[1][2] The station is a junction, with an island platform for easy transfers. To reach the platforms from outside of the station, passengers must use a bridge.

Geldermalsen
The station building
General information
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates51°53′2″N 5°16′15″E / 51.88389°N 5.27083°E / 51.88389; 5.27083
Operated byNederlandse Spoorwegen, Qbuzz
Line(s)Utrecht–Boxtel railway
Elst–Dordrecht railway
Platforms1
Tracks4
History
Opened1 Nov 1868
Services
Preceding station Qbuzz Following station
Beesd
towards Dordrecht
Line 7200 Terminus
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Culemborg NS Sprinter 6000 Tiel Passewaaij
NS Sprinter 16000
Arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch
Zaltbommel
Location
Geldermalsen is located in Netherlands
Geldermalsen
Geldermalsen
Location within Netherlands

The current building dates from 1884.[3] The station is at the junction of two lines: the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station is currently served by trains from Qbuzz and NS. Previously, Arriva served this station along with NS, but on 9 Dec 2018, Qbuzz took over services from Arriva.[4]

Train services

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Route Service type Operator Notes
Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel Local ("Sprinter") NS 2x per hour
The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch Local ("Sprinter") NS 2x per hour
Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen Local ("Stoptrein") Qbuzz 2x per hour

Bus services

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Line Route Operator Notes
47 Geldermalsen - Meteren - Waardenburg - Haaften - Hellouw - Herwijnen - Vuren - Gorinchem Arriva and Juijn
260 Geldermalsen - Deil - Enspijk - Beesd - Rumpt - Rhenoy - Acquoy - Asperen - Leerdam Arriva On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
261 Geldermalsen - Meteren - Est Arriva On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
262 Geldermalsen - Buurmalsen - Tricht Arriva On evenings and Sundays, this bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").
543 Tiel - Geldermalsen Poppenbouwing - Geldermalsen Station Arriva Rush hours only, with one extra run around noon.
621 Geldermalsen → Deil → Enspijk → Gorinchem Juijn Only 1 run during morning rush hour.
625 Gorinchem (→ Waardenburg) → Meteren → Geldermalsen (→ Deil → Enspijk) Juijn Various runs on a flexible schedule, but mostly during the afternoon.
627 Gorinchem → Meteren → Geldermalsen → Deil → Enspijk Juijn Only 1 run during afternoon rush hour.

References

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  1. ^ Stenvert, Ronald; Kolman, Chris; Broekhoven, Sabine; Meierink, Ben Olde; Tenten, Marc. "Monumenten in Nederland. Gelderland". DBNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  2. ^ "station Geldermalsen". Stationsweb.nl. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Station Geldermalsen: hoofdgebouw in Geldermalsen". rijksmonumenten.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  4. ^ "Qbuzz wint MerwedeLingelijn Dordrecht – Geldermalsen". Treinreiziger.nl (in Dutch). 10 January 2018.
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