Roosendaal is a railway station in the city of Roosendaal, Netherlands. The station opened on 3 July 1854 on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway and is the beginning of the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. Roosendaal was the first station in North Brabant to be built. Roosendaal is also a border station between the Netherlands and Belgium. Trains in Belgium run on the left side of double-track whereas in the Netherlands right-hand running is the norm. At some borders, the changeover is achieved by using a flyover, but at Roosendaal trains stop and await a signal to allow them to proceed to the opposite track.
Since June 2015 there has been an NMBS ticket machine at the station to buy Belgian train tickets.[1]
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen (Between Roosendaal and Vlissingen: On weekdays except evenings 1x per hour express service, only stopping at Bergen op Zoom, Goes and Middelburg and 1x per hour local service stopping at all stations, on evenings and weekends 2x per hour local service)
2x per hour local service (sprinter) Dordrecht - Roosendaal
1x per hour local service (sprinter) Roosendaal - Vlissingen (only on weekdays except evenings)
1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Roosendaal - Essen - Antwerp - Antwerp-South - Puurs
3x per week European Sleeper service Brussels - Roosendaal - Amsterdam - Berlin - Prague
As of April 9, 2018 the international service Amsterdam - Brussels will be running on the HSL-Zuid with a stop at Breda and does not call at Dordrecht and Roosendaal anymore. Passengers for Belgium can take a train to Breda and change trains there or can take the local service Roosendaal - Puurs and change trains at Antwerp for Mechelen, Brussels Airport and Brussels
Bus services
Roosendaal is served by city bus services (stadsbussen) as well as regional bus services (streekbussen). All bus services are operated by Arriva
Stadsbussen
There are 4 city bus lines. From the railway station the city bus lines provides services to/from:
Roselaar bus station (downtown area)
Bravis Ziekenhuis (Hospital)
WVS (Training company)
The neighbourhoods Burgerhout, Bovendonk, Fatimawijk, Kalsdonk, Kortendijk, Kroeven, Langdonk, Tolberg and Weihoek
The neighbourhood Westrand and the Rosada Factory Outlet Center are served by regional bus services (see also: Streekbussen)
The routes of the city buses are as follows:
Line
Route
Frequency
Notes
1
Damastberg - Tolberg West - Weihoek - Bravis Ziekenhuis - Roselaar busstation - Station - Fatimawijk - Kortendijk - Sterrebos
2x/hour
Arrives/Continues as line 2 at Damastberg
Arrives/Continues as line 3 at Sterrebos
On evenings and Sundays buses operate only in one direction: From Damastberg to Sterrebos
On Saturday mornings until +/- 11:00am buses also operate only in one direction: From Sterrebos to Damastberg
On weekdays outside holidays between 1:00pm and 7:00pm services on this line are split into two separate sections: Sterrebos-Station and Station-Odiliadonk. Passengers from Sterrebos, Langdonk Oost and Burgerhout to Roselaar busstation, Kroeven and Odiliadonk and vice versa are required to make a transfer at the station at these times
On evenings and Sundays buses operate only in one direction: From Sterrebos to Odiliadonk
On Saturday mornings until +/- 11:00am buses also operate only in one direction: From Odiliadonk to Sterrebos
4
Station -> Borchwerf -> WVS -> Borchwerf -> Station
4x/day
Not on evenings and weekends
Streekbussen
The regional bus lines provides services to/from:
Roselaar busstation (downtown area)
The Rosada Factory Outlet Center
Zegestede Cemetery
The neighbourhoods Fatimawijk and Westrand
The nearby cities Bergen op Zoom, Breda and Etten-Leur
Villages around Roosendaal
The routes of the regional buses, serving Roosendaal, are as follows:
