Maarssen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°08′09″N 5°01′59″E / 52.13583°N 5.03306°E | |||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amsterdam–Arnhem railway | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 December 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Maarssen is a railway station in Maarssenbroek and on the opposite side of the Amsterdam Rijnkanaal to Maarssen, Netherlands. The station opened on 18 December 1843 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
In 1953 the station was served by two trains to and from Amsterdam per day. The service improved in the 1970s following the building of Maarssenbroek, and in 1974 the station had an hourly service. In 1975 the station had a half-hourly service.
A (fourth) new station building was built in 2004. In a 2005 survey approximately 5,523 passengers use this station per day.