Winsum is a

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located in

Winsum Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland. The town of Winsum was ...

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. The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the

Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway The Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Sauwerd to Roodeschool, passing through Winsum, Warffum and Uithuizen. The line was opened in 1893. Although the railway originally started in Sauwerd, train se ...

. The train services are operated by

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Services

Trains

The following services currently call at Winsum: *2x per hour local service (''stoptrein'') Groningen - Roodeschool

Buses

These services are operated 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 ...

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/ref> * 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

: * 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

: *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

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on a

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near Winsum and was derailed. Eighteen people were injured, three seriously.

References

External links

Winsum station
station information Transport in Het Hogeland Railway stations in Groningen (province) Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1893 {{Netherlands-railstation-stub