Eijsden railway station

Geschiedenis

Eijsden railway station is the railway station of Eijsden, Limburg, the Netherlands. The station, which is the southernmost railway station in the Netherlands, opened on November 24, 1861, and was closed between December 10, 2006 and December 11, 2011.The railway station is located on the railway line between Liège-Guillemins and Maastricht . Only trains of the National Railway Company of Belgium between the two stations call in Eijsden; Nederlandse Spoorwegen trains don't serve the station.When the National Railway Company of Belgium extended the InterCity line between Brussels-South and Liège-Guillemins to Maastricht, the regular local service between Liège-Guillemins and Maastricht was halted. The InterCity trains were too long to halt in Eijsden, so the railway station was closed. A new busline was opened between Maastricht and the railway station in Visé to serve Eijsden.After the closure of the railway station, citizens of Eijsden formed the committee "Trein Terug In Eijsden", which aims to reopen the railway station. The fact that overhead lines at the railway station carry 3kV direct current, like the Belgian railway network, whereas the Dutch railway network carries 1.5kV. Regular Dutch electric trains are not able to reach Eijsden, unless they are multi-system units.