Sittard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°00′04″N 5°51′30″E / 51.00111°N 5.85833°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sittard–Herzogenrath railway Maastricht–Venlo railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sittard is a railway station located in Sittard, Netherlands.[1] The station was opened in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway and the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva. All services from South Limburg to the north pass through Sittard.
Sittard has the longest railway platform in the Netherlands with a length of 700 metres.