Delfzijl West () is a

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located in

Delfzijl Delfzijl (; ) is a city and former municipality (which now belongs to the municipality of Eemsdelta) with a population of 25,651 in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Delfzijl was a sluice between the Delf and the Em ...

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. It is located on the Groningen–Delfzijl railway between

Appingedam Appingedam (; ) is a city and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. Although there is no certainty as to the exact age of Appingedam, historical research demonstrates that the place in which the city would eventually be built had ...

and

. The station was opened on 1 June 1969. The train services are operated by

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History

The Groningen–Delfzijl railway was opened in 1884.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Groningen-Delfzijl
(in Dutch), ''Stationsweb''. Retrieved 22 November 2015. Train services at this railway station started on 1 June 1969.

Services

The train services are currently operated by

. The following local service calls at Delfzijl West twice per hour: *

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Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

– Groningen Noord –

Sauwerd Sauwerd is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands. Until the local government reorganization of 1990 the village was the head of the former municipality of Adorp. The village of Sauwerd is 7 to 10 kilometers away ...

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Bedum Bedum (; ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants () in , Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen (city), Groningen's several satellite ...

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Stedum Stedum (; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta, about northeast of the city of Groningen. Stedum was a separate municipality until 1990, when it merged with Loppersum. The German mu ...

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Loppersum Loppersum (; ) is a village and former municipality in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. Geography Loppersum is located in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the north of the ...

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– ''Delfzijl West'' –

References

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Delfzijl West station
station information Transport in Eemsdelta Railway stations in Groningen (province) Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1968 {{Netherlands-railstation-stub