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Gilze Rijen railway station

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Location
  
Netherlands

Province
  
North Brabant

Opened
  
5 October 1863

Gilze-Rijen railway station

Line(s)
  
Breda–Eindhoven railway

Address
  
5121 EA Rijen, Netherlands

Architect
  
Karel Hendrik van Brederode

Similar
  
Tilburg Universiteit railway st, Oisterwijk railway station, Etten‑Leur railway station, Lage Zwaluwe railway st, Zevenbergen railway station

Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen. The station was opened on 5 October 1863 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway between Breda and Tilburg. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

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Train service

The following services currently call at Gilze-Rijen:

  • 2x per hour local services (sprinter) 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda
  • Bus services

    Bus Services 130, 131, 197 and 198 stop outside the station.

    130 goes from the town hall in Rijen to the immigration detention centre in Gilze; 131 goes from Breda to Tilburg via Gilze and Rijen.

    References

    Gilze-Rijen railway station Wikipedia