Gilze-Rijen railway station

Gilze-Rijen
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°35′02″N 4°55′30″E / 51.58389°N 4.92500°E / 51.58389; 4.92500Coordinates: 51°35′02″N 4°55′30″E / 51.58389°N 4.92500°E / 51.58389; 4.92500
Line(s)	Breda–Eindhoven railway
History
Opened	5 October 1863
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Breda Terminus NS Sprinter 13600 Continues at/arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch as Sprinter 16000 to/from Utrecht Centraal Tilburg Reeshof toward 's-Hertogenbosch
Location
Gilze-Rijen Location within Dutch railway station

Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen. The station was opened on 5 October 1863 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway between Breda and Tilburg. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Train service

The following services currently call at Gilze-Rijen:

• 2x per hour local services (sprinter) 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda

Bus services

Bus Services 130, 131, 197 and 198 stop outside the station.

130 goes from the town hall in Rijen to the immigration detention centre in Gilze; 131 goes from Breda to Tilburg via Gilze and Rijen.

External links

• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)