Gilze-Rijen railway station explained

Gilze-Rijen
Style:NS
Country:Netherlands
Coordinates:51.5839°N 4.925°W
Line:Breda–Eindhoven railway
Opened:5 October 1863
Map Type:Netherlands 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:

Bus services

Bus Services 130, 131, 230 and 231 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.

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