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Maastricht Randwyck railway station

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Location
  
Netherlands

Province
  
Limburg

Opened
  
1987

Maastricht Randwyck railway station

Line(s)
  
Liège–Maastricht railway

Address
  
6229 ER Maastricht, Netherlands

Similar
  
Maastricht Noord railway st, Maastricht railway station, Bunde railway station, Meerssen railway station, Valkenburg railway station

Maastricht Randwyck also spelt Randwijck is a suburban railway station in Maastricht, Netherlands.

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History

The station opened on 31 May 1987 and is located on the Liège–Maastricht railway. Two services, by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Veolia Transport, terminate at this station.

Near the station is the MECC Conference Centre, Academic Hospital Maastricht and parts of Maastricht University.

Between December 2006 and December 2011 Randwyck was the southernmost active railway station in the Netherlands, as the further south Eijsden station was closed during this time.

Train services

The following services currently call at Maastricht Randwyck:

  • 2x per hour local services (sprinter) Maastricht Randwyck - Sittard - Roermond
  • 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum
  • 1x per hour Local services (stoptrein) Hasselt - Liers - Liège - Visè - Maastricht (weekdays)
  • 1x per hour Local services (stoptrein) Liège - Visè - Maastricht (weekends)

    • Platforms

  • 1 - Roermond
  • 2 - through trains only
  • 3 - Kerkrade Centrum

    • Bus services

    The following bus services depart from the bus stop outside the station:

  • 4 - Villapark – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Heer – Maastricht Randwijck NS – Hospital (2x per hour, 1x per hour After 7pm)
  • 10 - Pottenberg – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Heer – Maastricht Randwijck NS – AZM Hospital
  • 150 - City Centre – Maastricht NS – Ceramique – Maastricht Randwijck NS – Heer – Margraten – Gulpen

    • The following bus service departs from Endepolsdomein bus stop near the rail station:

  • 8 - City Centre – Maastricht NS – Endepolsdomein – AZM Hospital – Eijsden
  • 66 - Oud Cabergh – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Endepolsdomein – AZM Hospital – Eijsden – Mesch

    • Also near this rail station is bus stop Forum/MECC, from which a number of buses depart towards the city centre.

    References

    Maastricht Randwyck railway station Wikipedia
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