Maastricht Randwyck

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is located in the suburb in

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, the

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. The station is located near the MECC Conference Centre,

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and parts of

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History

The station opened on 31 May 1987 on the

Liège–Maastricht railway The Liège–Maastricht railway (line 40 in the Belgian numbering plan) is a railway line running from Liège in Belgium to Maastricht in the Netherlands. The line was opened in 1861. Stations The main interchange stations on the Liège–Ma ...

. Between December 2006 and December 2011 Randwyck was the southernmost active railway station in the Netherlands, as the more southern Eijsden station was closed during this time.

Station layout

The station has three platforms, divided over a

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfo ...

(1) and an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

(2 and 3).

Train services

The following train services call at this station: * Express services: ** Arriva ''sneltrein'' S5: Maastricht Randwyck–Heerlen ** NMBS ''intercity'' 13: (Hasselt–Liers–)Liège–Visè–Maastricht * Local services: ** Arriva ''stoptrein'' S2: Roermond–Sittard–Maastricht Randwyck ** Arriva ''stoptrein'' S4: Maastricht Randwyck–Heerlen

References

External links

NS website
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Randwyck Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital city, capital and largest city of the province of Limb ...

Railway stations opened in 1987