Kropswolde railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in the Dutch village of Kropswolde}}

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| image = Spurt 308 in Kropswolde.JPG

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| caption = Kropswolde railway station in 2008

| address = Woldweg 46[http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=show&cOBJnr=1008685 Monumentnummer: 515895] (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
Foxhol, Netherlands

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| line = Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway

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| code = Kw[http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=Kropswolde Station Kropswolde] (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved on 4 March 2016.

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Kropswolde ({{IPA|nl|krɔpsˈʋɔldə}}; abbreviation: Kw) is an unstaffed railway station in Foxhol near Kropswolde in the Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 May 1868 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Groningen Europapark and Martenshoek in the province of Groningen.[http://www.stationsweb.nl/lijnlijst.asp?lijn=60 Overzicht van de spoorlijn Harlingen- Leeuwarden- Groningen- Nieuweschans] (in Dutch), Stationsweb. Retrieved on 6 December 2015. Train services are operated by Arriva.

Location

The railway station is located at the Woldweg in the village of Foxhol, just north of the village of Kropswolde, both part of the municipality of Midden-Groningen, in the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is situated on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between the railway stations of Groningen Europapark and Martenshoek.

History

The original station building was completed in 1865. The Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Groningen and Winschoten including Kropswolde was opened on 1 May 1868. The original station building was replaced by the current building in 1915.

Building and layout

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The station building is owned by NS Stations. It has been a national heritage site ({{langx|nl|rijksmonument}}) since 2001.

The unelectrified double track railway passes through the station from west to east. At the station, there are two tracks with a platform each: platform 1 is north of the northern track and platform 2 is south of the southern track.[http://www.sporenplan.nl/html_nl/sporenplan/ns/ns_normaal/gn.html Leeuwarden–Groningen], Sporenplan. Retrieved 12 May 2016. The platforms are separated by a level crossing of the public road.