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Railway line in the Netherlands

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Breda–Rotterdam railway

Breda–Rotterdam railway map

Overview

Status

Operational

Locale

Netherlands

Termini

Service

Operator(s)

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

History

Opened

1866-1877

Technical

Line length

49 km (30 mi)

Number of tracks

Breda–Dordrecht double track,
Dordrecht–Rotterdam four tracks

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Electrification

1.5 kV DC

Route map

Legend

					Line from Tilburg
				0.0	Breda
					Line to Roosendaal
				4.8	Breda-Prinsenbeek
					Line from Antwerp

					Line to Rotterdam
					Line from 's-Hertogenbosch
					Line from Roosendaal
				14.9	Lage Zwaluwe
					River Hollands Diep
				26.9	Dordrecht Zuid
					Line from Geldermalsen
				29.5	Dordrecht
					River Oude Maas
				31.5	Zwijndrecht
					Freight line from Zevenaar
					Kijfhoek
					Line from Antwerp

				39.1	Barendrecht

					Freight line to Maasvlakte and Europoort
				42.2	Rotterdam Lombardijen
				44.0	Rotterdam Stadion
				45.1	Rotterdam Zuid

					River Nieuwe Maas
				47.5	Rotterdam Blaak

				49.4	Rotterdam Centraal
					Line to Utrecht and Amsterdam
					Line to The Hague

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The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the Staatslijn I ("state line I") in Dutch. The line was opened between 1866 and 1877.

The railway was opened in phases:

1 July 1866: Breda - Lage Zwaluwe - Moerdijk [nl]
1 January 1872: Lage Zwaluwe - Dordrecht, including the Moerdijk Bridge
1 November 1872: Dordrecht - Rotterdam Mallegat
1 May 1877: Rotterdam Mallegat - Rotterdam Delftsche Poort
2 December 1878: Rotterdam Mallegat - Rotterdam Feijenoord (goods transport only)

Until 1872, transport between Moerdijk and Rotterdam was by ferry.

The railway was electrified in 1950.

With the opening of the Willems Railway Tunnel [nl] in 1994, the Luchtspoor [nl] through the centre of Rotterdam became redundant. The railway viaducts and the old Willems Railway Bridge [nl] over the Nieuwe Maas were subsequently demolished, leaving only the lifting bridge De Hef over the Koningshaven which has been preserved as an industrial heritage site.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Breda–Rotterdam railway are:

Breda: to Tilburg, Nijmegen, Roosendaal and Eindhoven
Dordrecht: to Roosendaal and Gorinchem
Rotterdam Centraal: to The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam

References

"Staatslijn I: Breda – Rotterdam - martijnvanvulpen.nl" (in Dutch). 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2024-11-18.

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