page_title: Winschoten railway station
section_title: Building and layout
hierarchical_section_title: Winschoten railway station / Building and layout
caption_attribution_description: The facade of the railway station in Winschoten in the Netherlands on 26 March 2005.
context_page_description: Winschoten is an unstaffed railway station in Winschoten in the Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Scheemda and Bad Nieuweschans in the province of Groningen.
  The station building, designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode, was completed in 1865 and expanded in 1904. Train services started on 1 May 1868 and have since been provided by Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NoordNed, and Arriva. During World War II, 500 Jews were transported from the station via the Westerbork transit camp to Nazi concentration camps, where most of them were killed.
  The station has three tracks and two platforms. As of 2014, there are two local train services with trains every half an hour to and from Groningen, and trains every hour to and from Bad Nieuweschans and Leer. The station handles 2,500 rail passengers on an average weekday. There is a park and ride area for cars and bicycles, and a bus station with nine regional services provided by Qbuzz.
context_section_description: The 19th-century station building is owned by NS Stations. It is of the type SS 3rd class, which was designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode. SS 3rd class was chosen instead of the smaller SS 4th class because of the importance of Winschoten as a commercial center. Eight buildings of SS 3rd class were completed in the Netherlands between 1862 and 1865, of which four remain today. This building of 1865 has a median risalit and wings on both sides parallel to the railway. The facade on the city side and railway side are identical, except for a half round decoration on the city side. The doors and windows of the building have arched frames. In the 1904 expansion, an enclosed porch was added and the east wing was extended with an extra waiting room.
  The railway through Winschoten is unelectrified and oriented west to east. At the station, the single-track railway splits into three tracks, with the station building on the north side. Platform 1 is on the northern side of the northern track, serving trains towards Groningen, and is partly covered by a roof attached to the station building. Platform 2, serving trains towards Bad Nieuweschans and Leer is on the northern side of the central track, and is accessed via a level crossing from platform 1. The platforms have shelters, wheelchair ramps, tactile paving and dynamic passenger information. The southern track has no platform and serves as a passing loop. Beyond the station the tracks merge back into a single track.
  West of the station building is a free park and ride (Dutch: parkeer en reis) area with 120 car parking spaces and 320 bicycle stands at the station. There are also subscription-only bicycle lockers and a subscription-only bicycle rental service. There is a tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians underneath the tracks and platforms to the south side of the city. East of the station building is a bus station which is owned by Arriva. There is also a taxicab stand at the station.
caption: City-side facade of the station building in 2005
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