Scheemda (;

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: Sda) is an unstaffed

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Scheemda Scheemda () is a village with a population of 5,085 in the municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Scheemda was a separate municipality until 2010, when it merged with Reiderland and Winschoten to form the mun ...

in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It is located on the

Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from the port of Harlingen, Netherlands, Harlingen to Bad Nieuweschans, passing through Leeuwarden and Groningen (city), Groningen. The line was opened between 1863 ...

between Zuidbroek and

Winschoten Winschoten (; ) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt (municipality), Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt (region), Oldambt in the province of Groningen (prov ...

in the province of

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 ...

. The station building was designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode and completed in 1865. The train services started on 1 May 1868. Trains have been operated by

Staatsspoorwegen ''Staatsspoorwegen'' ( Dutch for State Railways, full name: ''Dienst der Staatsspoor- en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië'' (State Railways and Tramways Service in the Netherlands Indies, ''SS en T''), commonly abbreviated as SS) was a state-ow ...

(1868–1937),

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(1938–2000),

NoordNed NoordNed Personenvervoer B.V. (English translation Network North) was a public transport company operating trains and buses in the north and northeast of the Netherlands. Founded in 1999 as a joint venture by Arriva and Nederlandse Spoorwegen, a ...

(2000–2005), and

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(2005–present). There are two tracks and an island platform at the station. Two local train services with trains in both directions call at Scheemda twice per hour. There are also connections to four regional bus services provided by

Qbuzz Qbuzz is a public transport company in the Netherlands that operates services in Friesland, South Holland, Utrecht, Drenthe and Groningen. Founded in 2008, it was a subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen from 2013 until 2017. It is currently ow ...

Location

The railway station is located at the Stationsstraat in the village of

, part of the municipality of Oldambt, in the east of the province of

in the northeast of the

. It is situated on the

, also called

Staatslijn A ''staatslijn'' (; English: state line) is a railway that was established as a result of the railway law passed on 18 August 1860 by the State in the Netherlands. 10 of these lines were built and utilized by the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van St ...

B, between the railway stations of Zuidbroek and

.Overzicht van de spoorlijn Harlingen-Leeuwarden-Groningen-Nieuweschans
Stationsweb. Retrieved on 17 May 2015. The

Heiligerlee railway stop Heiligerlee (; abbreviation: Hle) was a railway stop () in the village of Heiligerlee in the Netherlands. It was located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between the railway stations of Scheemda and Winschoten in the province of Groningen. ...

was situated between Scheemda and Winschoten from 1908 to 1934. The distance from Scheemda westward to railway terminus Harlingen Haven is , to

, and to Zuidbroek , and eastward to Winschoten is , and to

Bad Nieuweschans Bad Nieuweschans (; ; ; also Lange Akkeren) is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands on the border with Germany. It forms part of the municipality of Oldambt. Nieuweschans means "new fortification ( sconce)". In 2009, the word Bad ("spa") w ...

History

The station building was completed in 1865. The station was opened on 1 May 1868, when train services started on the segment of the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between

and Winschoten. At the time, the station was named ''Scheemda-Eexta''. Trains were operated by

Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen The Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (; "Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways") or SS was a private rail transport, railroad founded to use the government funded railways. The company existed until 1938, when it fo ...

(1868–1937),

(1938–2000),

(2000–2005), and

(2005–present).

Building and layout

The 19th-century station building is of the type SS 4th class, which was probably designed by architect Karel Hendrik van Brederode. Fifteen buildings of this type were built in the Netherlands between 1862 and 1890, of which seven remain today. The building has been a national heritage site () since 2001.Monumentnummer: 522105

Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed, is a Dutch cultural heritage, heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation of National Heritage ...

. Retrieved on 14 December 2014. The railway through Scheemda is unelectrified and oriented northwest to southeast. At the station, the

single-track railway A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track. Single track is usually found on lesser-used rail lines, often branch lines, where the level of traffic is not high enough to justify the c ...

splits into two tracks. There is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

with two platforms that can be accessed via a level crossing. Platform 1 alongside the northern track is serving trains to

and platform 2 alongside the southern track is serving trains to

. The station building is north of both tracks. Beyond the station, the tracks merge back into a single track.Leeuwarden–Groningen
Sporenplan. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

Train services

Bus services

Notes

References

External links

station information {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheemda Railway Station 1860s establishments in the Netherlands Transport infrastructure completed in 1865 Railway stations in Groningen (province) Railway stations on the Staatslijn B Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1868 Rijksmonuments in Groningen (province) Transport in Oldambt (municipality)