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Location
  
Netherlands

Province
  
Groningen

Opened
  
16 August 1893

Winsum railway station

Line(s)
  
Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway

Address
  
9951 BB Winsum, Netherlands

Similar
  
Baflo railway station, Warffum railway station, Sauwerd railway station, Stedum railway station, Zuidhorn railway station

Winsum is a railway station located in Winsum, The Netherlands. The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.

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Trains

The following services currently call at Winsum:

  • 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Roodeschool

    • Buses

    These services are operated by Qbuzz:

  • 65 - Zoutkamp - Ulrum - Leens - Wehe-den Hoorn - Eenrum - Mensingweer - Winsum - Sauwerd - Adorp - Groningen (Hourly)
  • 67 - Winsum - Mensingweer - Eenrum - Wehe den Hoorn - Kloosterbeuren - Hornhuizen (Hourly, only during rush hours)
  • 165 - Groningen - Adorp - Sauwerd - Winsum - Mensingeweer - Wehe-den Hoorn - Leens - Ulrum - Zoutkamp (Hourly, only during rush hours)

    • These services are operated by UVO:

  • 36 - Winsum - Garnwerd - Feerwerd - Ezinge - Saaksum - Oldehove (Hourly)
  • 68 - Winsum - Baflo - Den Andel - Westernieland - Pieterburen - Molenrij - Kloosterburen -Kruisweg -Hornhuizen - Leens (Hourly)

    • This service is operated by Arriva:

  • 665 - Winsum - Sauwerd - Adorp - Groningen, Zernike Campus (1x per day)

    • Service 163 (Qbuzz) from Groningen via Lauwersoog to Holwerd used to stop at the station, but since 2011 it skips the station.

  • On 25 July 1980, two passenger trains were in a head-on collision near Winsum. Nine people were killed, 21 were injured.
  • On 19 November 2016, a passenger train was in collision with a milk lorry on a level crossing near Winsum and was derailed. Eighteen people were injured, three seriously.

    • References

    Winsum railway station Wikipedia
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