Heritage route
Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik
Hoorn → Medemblik · Netherlands
A steam tram dating from 1887 still crosses North Holland’s polders and tulip fields between Hoorn and the old Zuiderzee port of Medemblik.
- Distance
- 20 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Average speed
- 16 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHoorn +1
- 6 kmWognum-Nibbixwoud
- 16 kmTwisk
- 17 kmOpperdoes
- 19 kmMedemblik
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11192059: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik?
The Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik runs 20 km from Hoorn to Medemblik.
How long does the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min for the 20 km. That is an average of 16 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik?
Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik, with preserved steam locomotives (SHM fleet), vintage carriages.
How old is the Museumstoomtram Hoorn–Medemblik?
The line has been in service since 1887. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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