Sliedrecht railway station

Sliedrecht is a railway station in Sliedrecht, Netherlands. The station is located on the MerwedeLingelijn line between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen, part of the Betuwelijn.

Sliedrecht
Two trains arriving at the station.
LocationStationsplein, Sliedrecht
Netherlands
Coordinates51°49′46″N 4°46′41″E
Operated byQbuzz
Line(s)MerwedeLingelijn
Platforms2
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle parking racks and free on train
History
Opened16 July 1885
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station
toward Dordrecht
Stoptrein 36700
toward Geldermalsen
toward Dordrecht
Stoptrein 36800
toward Gorinchem
Location
Sliedrecht
Location within Southwest Randstad
Sliedrecht
Sliedrecht (Netherlands)

Train services
Route Service type Operator Notes
Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen Local ("Stoptrein") Qbuzz 2x per hour
Dordrecht - Gorinchem Local ("Stoptrein") Qbuzz 2x per hour, Mon-Sat only. Not after 21:00.

Bicycles are allowed on board for free.

Bus services
Line Route Operator Notes
75 Sliedrecht - Bleskensgraaf - Molenaarsgraaf - Ottoland - Goudriaan - Noordeloos - Meerkerk Juijn Mon-Fri during daytime hours only.
388 Rotterdam Kralingse Zoom - Papendrecht - Sliedrecht - Noordeloos - Meerkerk - Vianen - Utrecht Papendorp - Utrecht Centraal Qbuzz
701 Gorinchem - Hoornaar - Noordeloos - Goudriaan - Ottoland - Brandwijk - Bleskensgraaf - Sliedrecht Qbuzz Mon-Fri during daytime hours only.
915 Wijngaarden - Sliedrecht Qbuzz This bus only operates if called one hour before its supposed departure ("belbus").

History

It was opened on 16 July 1885, when the station had a single track. Next to the passenger lines is the Betuweroute freight railway line. Arriva operated the service since December 2006. However, Qbuzz took over services from Arriva on 9 December 2018.[1] A new station building was built in 1985, which has already been demolished. In the older stationbuilding (photo) is a restaurant: "De Heren van Slydrecht" (The Lords of Sliedrecht).

On 27 November 1942, it was the scene of a collision between two trains around 18:30 local time. A slow train to Dordrecht was waiting at one of the platforms, and a second train from Leerdam collided at high speed with the rear carriages. The steam engine continued until it derailed further up the line and one of the trains involved caught fire.[2]

gollark: Aeons... aeons everywhere.
gollark: I only hunt at the :x0 and :x5 things anyway.
gollark: Why does that last part matter much?
gollark: I think fish said something about 3am-10am?
gollark: It would be interesting to get a better view of what's in them *without* writing down it by hand every 5 minutes, but would be somewhat cheaty/TJ09-annoying.

References
  1. https://sliedrecht24.nl/qbuzz-ook-nieuwe-vervoerder-reizigers-op-r-net-merwedelingelijn/
  2. "Ravage after train disaster Station Sliedrecht; several dead". Day when. 1942-11-27. Retrieved 2018-10-23.


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