Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen. The station was opened on 5 October 1863 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway between Breda and Tilburg. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°35′02″N 4°55′30″E / 51.58389°N 4.92500°E / 51.58389; 4.92500 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Breda–Eindhoven railway | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 October 1863 | ||||||||||
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The following services currently call at Gilze-Rijen:
Bus Services 130, 131, 230 and 231 stop outside the station.
130 goes from the town hall in Rijen to the immigration detention centre in Gilze; 131 goes from BredatoTilburg via Gilze and Rijen.
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