meppel, groningen, railway, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2016, learn, when, rem. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Meppel Groningen railway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Meppel Groningen railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Meppel to Groningen passing through Hoogeveen Beilen and Assen The line was opened in 1870 It is also known as the Staatslijn C Meppel Groningen railwayOverviewStatusOperationalLocaleThe NetherlandsTerminiMeppel railway stationGroningen railway stationServiceOperator s Nederlandse SpoorwegenHistoryOpened1870TechnicalLine length77 km 48 mi Number of tracksdouble trackTrack gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeElectrification1 5 kV DCRoute mapMeppel Groningen railwayLegendkmArnhem Leeuwarden railwayto Zwolle0 0 MeppelArnhem Leeuwarden railwayto Leeuwarden19 8 Hoogeveen33 7 Beilen49 3 Assenfreight line to Nieuweschans71 2 HarenHarlingen Nieuweschans railwayto Nieuweschans74 2 Groningen Europapark76 9 GroningenHarlingen Nieuweschans railwayto Leeuwardento DelfzijlThis diagram viewtalkeditStations editThe main interchange stations on the Meppel Groningen railway are Meppel to Utrecht Zwolle and Leeuwarden Groningen to Leeuwarden Delfzijl and NieuweschansHistory editThe Westerbork transit camp where Dutch Jews and others were held before deportation to Nazi concentration camps in the East had its own branch line from the Meppel Groningen railway branching off at the former Hooghalen railway station In the 1970s the railway was the scene of two train hijackings by South Moluccans in 1975 at Wijster and in 1977 at De Punt References edit nbsp This article about transport in the Netherlands is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This European rail transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meppel Groningen railway amp oldid 1171877725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,