Veendam railway station

Veendam
Veendam railway station on the day it reopened (2011)
General information
Location	Parallelweg Veendam, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°06′13″N 6°53′05″E
Operated by	NS Stations
Line(s)	Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway
Train operators	Arriva
Bus operators	Qbuzz, Taxi De Grooth, CTS
Other information
Station code	Vdm
History
Opened	1 August 1910 (1910-08-01); reopened 1 May 2011
Closed	17 May 1953 (1953-05-17)
Services
Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Zuidbroek towards Groningen Stoptrein 37800 Terminus
Location Veendam Location within the Dutch railway network

Veendam (Dutch pronunciation: [veːnˈdɑm] ^ⓘ; abbreviation: Vdm) is an unstaffed railway station in Veendam in the Netherlands. It is located on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway after Zuidbroek as the present-day line terminus.

Location

The railway station is located at the Parallelweg in the village of Veendam in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.[1] It is situated on the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway, where it is the present-day line terminus before the railway station Zuidbroek.[2]

History

The station was previously served by passenger trains from 1 August 1910 to 17 May 1953. The station reopened on 1 May 2011, when the Veendam–Zuidbroek section of the Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway was reopened to passenger services.[1]

Train services

Route	Service type	Operator	Notes
Groningen - Hoogezand-Sappemeer - Zuidbroek - Veendam	Local ("Stoptrein")	Arriva	2x per hour - 1x per hour on evenings and Sundays.

Bus services

Line	Route	Operator	Notes
13	Veendam - Muntendam - Meeden - Westerlee - Heiligerlee - Winschoten	Qbuzz, Taxi De Grooth and CTS	Mon-Fri during daytime hours only, with one extra run during weekday evenings.
23	Winschoten - Oude Pekela - Nieuwe Pekela - Ommelanderwijk - Veendam	Qbuzz
110	Veendam - Wildervank - Bareveld - Gieten - Rolde - Assen	Qbuzz
171	Veendam - Kielwindeweer - Hoogezand - Groningen Centrum (Downtown) - Groningen Zernike (campus)	Qbuzz	Operates 2x per hour locally within Veendam and 1x per hour to/from Groningen. On Saturdays, this bus only operates locally within Veendam. No Sunday service.
174	(Groningen - Westerbroek - Hoogezand - Sappemeer -) Zuidbroek - Muntendam - Veendam	Qbuzz and Taxi De Grooth	The route between Groningen and Zuidbroek is only served during rush hours. No service after 22:50 (weekdays), on Saturday evenings (entirely), Sunday mornings and after 22:20 (Sunday evenings).
510	Veendam Station - Veendam Centrum (town centre) - Veendam Parkflat - Veendam Skagerrak - Wildervank Bijleveldcentrum	Taxi De Grooth	No service during morning rush hours; service starts after morning rush hours. On Mondays, this bus starts operating at 12:45. No service during evenings and on Sundays.

References

1. "Station Veendam" (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
2. "Overzicht van de spoorlijn Stadskanaal-Zuidbroek" (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

External links

• Veendam station, station information