Winsum railway station

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.

Winsum
Sign at the Winsum railway station in 2012
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates53°19′48″N 6°31′12″E
Line(s)Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway
History
Opened16 August 1893
Services
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station
toward Groningen
Stoptrein 37600
toward Roodeschool
Location
Winsum
Location within Netherlands

Services

Trains

The following services currently call at Winsum:

  • 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Groningen - Roodeschool

Buses

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
Main article: Winsum train collision
  • 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
  1. qbuzz.nl (in Dutch)
  2. "Several seriously hurt in Dutch train crash with milk truck". Channel News Asia. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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