Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway

The Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Arnhem to Leeuwarden, passing through Deventer, Zwolle and Heerenveen. It is also called the Staatslijn A ("state line A") in Dutch. The part between Arnhem and Zwolle is sometimes called the IJssellijn ("IJssel line").

Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Prorail
Locale	Netherlands
Termini	Arnhem railway station Leeuwarden railway station
Service
Operator(s)	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
History
Opened	1868
Technical
Line length	166 km (103 mi)
Number of tracks	Arnhem–Deventer double-track, Deventer–Olst single-track, Olst-Leeuwarden double-track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC
Route map Legend km Amsterdam–Arnhem railway to Utrecht Arnhem–Nijmegen railway to Nijmegen 0.0 Arnhem 0.5 Arnhem Velperpoort Oberhausen–Arnhem railway to Oberhausen 000.0 001.2 Arnhem Presikhaaf 4.2 Velp 8.0 Rheden 14.3 Dieren Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij to Apeldoorn 20.3 Brummen Amsterdam–Zutphen railway to Apeldoorn IJssel River 27.5 Zutphen 29.2 to Winterswijk 29.6 Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway to Hengelo 40.9 Deventer–Almelo railway to Almelo 43.5 Deventer Apeldoorn–Deventer railway to Apeldoorn 53.1 Olst 59.6 Wijhe to Almelo Utrecht–Kampen railway to Amersfoort 73.5 Zwolle Utrecht–Kampen railway to Kampen to Emmen 100.7 Meppel Meppel–Groningen railway to Groningen 000.0 114.5 Steenwijk 127.0 Wolvega 137.1 Heerenveen 148.8 Akkrum 153.7 Grou-Jirnsum Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway to Harlingen & Stavoren 166.2 Leeuwarden Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway to Groningen This diagram: view talk edit

History

The line opened between 1865 and 1868. During the Second World War, the tracks between Deventer and Olst were removed by the German occupiers following the national railway strike from 1944 onwards. It had been a double-track section like the rest of the line, but was replaced post-war by a single track due to costs.^[1]

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway are:

• Arnhem: to Cologne, Utrecht, Tiel, Nijmegen and 's-Hertogenbosch
• Zutphen: to Apeldoorn, Winterswijk and Hengelo
• Deventer: to Apeldoorn, Utrecht, Almelo and Berlin
• Zwolle: to Groningen, Kampen, Amersfoort, Almelo and Emmen
• Steenwijk:
• Meppel: to Groningen
• Leeuwarden: to Groningen, Harlingen and Stavoren

Closed stations

Ittersum, Herculo, Windesheim, Herxen, Wijnvoorden, Bovendorp, De Boerhaar, Diepenveen West, Rande, De Platvoet, Boksbergerweg, Snippeling, Colmschate, Epse, Gorssel, Eefde, Hungerink-Mettray, Nieuwstad, Hoven, Voorstonden, Het Vosje, Weg naar Voorst, Leuvenheim, Spankeren, Villa Hofstetten, Ellecom, Klein Avegoor, Diepesteeg, Holleweg, Hotel Den Engel, De Steeg, Worth-Rheden, Hotel Naeff, Cafe Unie and Plattenburg.

Train services

The following train services use part of the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway:

• intercity service The Hague/Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Steenwijk - Leeuwarden
• intercity service Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Steenwijk - Leeuwarden
• intercity service Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen - 's-Hertogenbosch - Roosendaal
• local service (sprinter) Nijmegen - Arnhem - Zutphen
• local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Assen - Groningen