Winsum railway station
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Winsum | |||||||||||
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 Sign at the Winsum railway station in 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°19′48″N 6°31′12″E / 53.33000°N 6.52000°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 August 1893 | ||||||||||
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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.
Services
[edit]Trains
[edit]The following services currently call at Winsum:
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Roodeschool
Buses
[edit]These services are operated by Qbuzz:[1]
- 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.
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ qbuzz.nl (in Dutch)
- ^ "Several seriously hurt in Dutch train crash with milk truck". Channel News Asia. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Winsum station, station information
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