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Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway

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Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
1865-1868

Operator
  
Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Locale
  
The Netherlands

Line length
  
60 km (37 mi)

Number of tracks
  
Zutphen–Hengelo single track, Hengelo-Enschede double track, Enschede–Glanerbrug single track

Track gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge

Terminis
  
Glanerbrug railway station, Zutphen railway station

The Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Zutphen to the German border at Glanerbrug, passing through Hengelo and Enschede. It is also called the Staatslijn D ("state line D") in Dutch. "Glanerbeek" is the former name for the Glanerbrug railway station. The line was opened between 1865 and 1868. The section between Enschede and the German border was closed for traffic in 1981, but it was reopened in 2001.

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Stations

The main interchange stations on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway are:

  • Zutphen: to Arnhem, Deventer, Apeldoorn and Winterswijk
  • Hengelo: to Almelo, Oldenzaal and Berlin
  • Enschede: to Münster and Dortmund

    • Train services

    The following train services use part of the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway:

  • intercity service Schiphol - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
  • intercity service The Hague/Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
  • local service (stoptrein) Apeldoorn - Deventer - Almelo - Enschede
  • local service (stoptrein) Nijverdal - Almelo - Enschede
  • local service (stoptrein) Zutphen - Hengelo - Oldenzaal
  • local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Coesfeld - Lünen - Dortmund
  • local service (Regionalbahn) Enschede - Gronau - Münster

    • References

    Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway Wikipedia
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