Classic route
Zwolle–Emmen railway
Zwolle → Emmen · Netherlands
Arriva’s Vechtdal line from Zwolle up the Vecht by Dalfsen and Ommen to Hardenberg, then north by Coevorden to Emmen: the part still open of a line to Stadskanaal built from 1903 to 1905.
- Distance
- 75 km
- Fastest time
- 52 min
- Average speed
- 87 km/h
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Stations
- 0 kmZwolle +2
- 12 kmDalfsen
- 23 kmOmmen
- 34 kmMariënberg
- 42 kmHardenberg
- 48 kmGramsbergen
- 55 kmCoevorden
- 59 kmDalen
- 66 kmNieuw Amsterdam
- 70 kmEmmen Zuid
- 75 kmEmmen
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 324150: 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
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of RS 20
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Zwolle–Emmen railway?
The Zwolle–Emmen railway runs 75 km from Zwolle to Emmen.
How long does the Zwolle–Emmen railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 52 min for the 75 km. That is an average of 87 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Zwolle–Emmen railway?
Arriva, with RE 20, RS 20.
How old is the Zwolle–Emmen railway?
The line has been in service since 1905. 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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