Kesteren is a

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located in

Kesteren Kesteren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 8 km southwest of Wageningen Wageningen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a historic ...

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. The station opened on 1 November 1882 and is on the

Elst–Dordrecht railway The Elst–Dordrecht railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Elst to Dordrecht, passing through Tiel, Geldermalsen and Gorinchem. It is also called the ''Betuwelijn'' ( Batavia line). MerwedeLingelijn is the name of the weste ...

. Train services are operated by

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. Between 1945 and 1981, this station was called Kesteren- Rhenen. The station was the terminus of the line from

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had ...

, which allowed a faster journey time to Nijmegen from Amsterdam. The line still exists between

and

Leusden Leusden () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. It is located about 3 kilometres southeast of Amersfoort. The western part of the municipality lies on the slopes of the Utrecht Hill Rid ...

, Near Overberg to

Rhenen Rhenen () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, and Elst (Utrecht), Elst. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, n ...

and Kesteren station itself. The section between Amersfoort and Leusden is still in use and is known as the Ponlijn and the section between Rhenen and Kesteren is still in uses as the Veenendaallijn.

Train services

Bus services

References

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
Railway stations in Gelderland Neder-Betuwe Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1882 {{Netherlands-railstation-stub