Stationsgebouw NOLS Veendam
Between 1901 and 1910, the Noordoosterlocal Railway Company (NOLS) laid a railway line from Zwolle to Delfzijl. The railway had tributaries to Almelo, Coevorden, Assen and Laarwald in Germany.
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A total of 33 stations were built along this track, of which 11 still exist.
All stations were designed in late Art Nouveau style by architect Eduard Cuypers. For this, he devised five different station types: first class type, second class type, third class type and halt type.
Only two stations of the first-class type were built, of which only the station building in Veendam remains. In 1953, Veendam station was closed to passenger trains.
After having been in use as, among other things, a customs office, it became a ...
A total of 33 stations were built along this track, of which 11 still exist.
All stations were designed in late Art Nouveau style by architect Eduard Cuypers. For this, he devised five different station types: first class type, second class type, third class type and halt type.
Only two stations of the first-class type were built, of which only the station building in Veendam remains. In 1953, Veendam station was closed to passenger trains.
After having been in use as a customs office, among other things, it was over time put into use by Museumspoorlijn STAR as a reception location for steam train passengers. In 2005, museumspoorlijn STAR bought the station building from NS Real Estate, and started a thorough restoration of the building. For a long time, the steam train was the sole user of the station, until 1 May 2011, when the Zuidbroek-Veendam railway line was recommissioned for passenger transport. Since September 2011, a bus interchange can also be found in the former jonker shed, which was used for storage and transshipment of general cargo in the days of freight transport.
The STAR's station building can be visited on steam train operating days, and can of course be visited by telephone appointment.