Boxtel railway station
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| Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°35′04″N 5°19′08″E / 51.58444°N 5.31889°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Breda–Eindhoven railway Utrecht–Boxtel railway | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 May 1865, 2000 (current form) | |||||||||||||||
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Boxtel is a railway station located in Boxtel, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 May 1865 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway (between Tilburg and Eindhoven) and the Utrecht–Boxtel railway. The station is currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Boxtel is an interchange station for Stoptreinen (trains stopping at every station) in North Brabant. There are services meeting in 3 different directions.
The station was majorly rebuilt from 1998 and opened in 2000. This is when the station became two island platforms.
The station lies at the start of the former Boxtel–Wesel railway.
Destinations
These are some of the destinations that are possible to reach from Boxtel:
Tilburg, Eindhoven, Helmond, Deurne and 's-Hertogenbosch.
The nearest major stations where all trains stop are:
- Eindhoven railway station - for services to the south and east
- 's-Hertogenbosch railway station - for services to the north and east
- Tilburg railway station - for services to the west and north
Train services
The following services currently call at Boxtel:
- 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Tilburg Universiteit - Eindhoven
- 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Deurne
Bus services
- 203 - 's-Hertogenbosch - Boxtel - Liempde
- 204 - Best - Sint Oedenrode - Boxtel - Schijndel
- 299 - Oirschot - Boxtel - Sint Michielsgestel