Winterswijk railway station
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Winterswijk is a railway station in Winterswijk, Netherlands. The station opened on 24 June 1878 and is located on the Zutphen–Winterswijk railway and the Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.
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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°58′03″N 6°42′56″E | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Zutphen–Winterswijk railway Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
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The station used to be an important point where freight trains would go into Germany. There used to be lines going in 5 directions: Arnhem, Zutphen, Bocholt (Germany), Borken (Germany) and Neede. Today there are 3 buses to Germany, otherwise passengers have to travel to Arnhem, Hengelo or Enschede.