Breda–Rotterdam railway

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Status Operational Line length 49 km (30 mi) Locale Netherlands		Opened 1866-1877 Electrification 1.5 kV DC Operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Number of tracks Breda–Dordrecht double track,Dordrecht–Rotterdam four tracks Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge Terminis Rotterdam Centraal station, Breda railway station

The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the Staatslijn I ("state line I") in Dutch. The line was opened between 1866 and 1877.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Breda–Rotterdam railway are:

Breda: to Tilburg, Nijmegen, Roosendaal and Eindhoven

Dordrecht: to Roosendaal and Gorinchem

Rotterdam Centraal: to The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam

References

Breda–Rotterdam railway Wikipedia

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