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Maastricht Randwyck railway station

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Maastricht Randwyck
General information
LocationNetherlands
Line(s)Liège–Maastricht railway
History
Opened1987
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
Template:NS Stoptrein linesTerminus
TerminusTemplate:NS Stoptrein lines
National Railway Company of Belgium
Template:BE-IC lines
weekdays
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weekends
Location
Maastricht Randwyck is located in Netherlands
Maastricht Randwyck
Maastricht Randwyck
Location within Netherlands

Maastricht Randwyck also spelt Randwijck is a suburban railway station in Maastricht, Netherlands.

History

The station opened on 31 May 1987 and is located on the Liège–Maastricht railway. Two services, by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Veolia Transport, terminate at this station.

Near the station is the MECC Conference Centre, Academic Hospital Maastricht and parts of Maastricht University.

Between December 2006 and December 2011 Randwyck was the southernmost active railway station in the Netherlands, as the further south Eijsden station was closed during this time.

Train services

The following services currently call at Maastricht Randwyck:

  • 2x per hour local services (sprinter) Maastricht Randwyck - Sittard - Roermond
  • 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Maastricht Randwyck - Heerlen - Kerkrade Centrum
  • 1x per hour Local services (stoptrein) Hasselt - Liers - Liège - Visè - Maastricht (weekdays)
  • 1x per hour Local services (stoptrein) Liège - Visè - Maastricht (weekends)

Platforms

  • 1 - Roermond
  • 2 - through trains only
  • 3 - Kerkrade Centrum

Bus services

The following bus services depart from the bus stop outside the station:

  • 4 - Villapark – City Centre – Maastricht NS – HeerMaastricht Randwijck NS – Hospital (2x per hour, 1x per hour After 7pm)
  • 10 - Pottenberg – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Heer – Maastricht Randwijck NS – AZM Hospital
  • 150 - City Centre – Maastricht NS – Ceramique – Maastricht Randwijck NS – Heer – MargratenGulpen

The following bus service departs from Endepolsdomein bus stop near the rail station:

  • 8 - City Centre – Maastricht NS – Endepolsdomein – AZM Hospital – Eijsden
  • 66 - Oud Cabergh – City Centre – Maastricht NS – Endepolsdomein – AZM Hospital – EijsdenMesch

Also near this rail station is bus stop Forum/MECC, from which a number of buses depart towards the city centre.