Maastricht Randwyck railway station

Maastricht Randwyck
Station statistics
Coordinates	50°50′15″N 5°43′03″E / 50.8375°N 5.7175°E / 50.8375; 5.7175Coordinates: 50°50′15″N 5°43′03″E / 50.8375°N 5.7175°E / 50.8375; 5.7175
Lines	Liège–Maastricht railway
Other information
Opened	1987
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Maastricht toward Roermond NS Stoptrein 6800 Terminus Terminus Veolia Stoptrein 32000 Maastricht toward Kerkrade Centrum
Location

Maastricht Randwyck also spelt Randwijck is a suburb railway station in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

History

The station opened on 31 May 1987 and is located on the Liège–Maastricht railway. Two services terminate at this station, these are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Veolia Transport. There is no direct service to Liège from this station.

Near the station is the MECC Conference Centre, Academic Hospital Maastricht and parts of Maastricht University.

It is the southernmost active railway station in the Netherlands. (Eijsden on the same line is further south, but closed down.)

Destinations

The following major destinations are directly possible from Maastricht Randwyck:

Maastricht, Sittard, Roermond, Valkenburg, Heerlen and Kerkrade.

At Maastricht change for Liège, Brussels, Eindhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch, Utrecht, Amsterdam and Alkmaar. At Heerlen change for Aachen (Germany)

Train services

The following services currently call at Maastricht Randwyck:

• 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Sittard - Roermond
• 2 hourly local services Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum

Platforms

• 1 - Roermond
• 2 - through trains only
• 3 - Kerkrade Centrum

Bus services

The following bus services depart from the bus stop outside the station:

• 4 - Villapark – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Heer – Station Randwijck – Hospital (2x per hour, 1x per hour After 7pm)
• 53 - Maastricht NS - Station Randwijck – Bemelen – Klein Welsden – Groot Welsden – Margraten (1x per hour)

The following bus service departs from Endepolsdomein bus stop near the rail station:

• 10 - Pottenberg - City Centre – Maastricht NS – Endepolsdomein - Hospital - Eijsden

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