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Nieuwveen
The twentieth century up to the war

In January 1918

The HESM opens a short goods branch from Nieuwveen to Papenveer. The station there is given the name of Ter Aar, two kilometres further on.

The Nieuwveen–Ter Aar branch on a map of 1914, attached to the interest-free advance from the treasury that paid for the line. View larger →

Provenance This line was not in the typed document. It was looked up in public sources afterwards and added.

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Former Nieuwveen station

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1915

On 1 August 1915

Opening of the railway connection between Uithoorn and Alphen aan den Rijn, with among others a station "Nieuwveen", at the end of what is now the W.P. Speelmanweg.
The original document gives 1916 as the year of opening and Amsterdam as the terminus; the line ran from Uithoorn to Alphen aan den Rijn and opened on 1 August 1915.
The line was 23 kilometres long and was built by the Hollandsche Electrische-Spoorweg-Maatschappij as part of the Haarlemmermeer railways. Because it mostly carried horticultural produce, it was popularly nicknamed "het bonenlijntje", the bean line.

The twentieth century up to the war railway transport Researched later
1936

On 1 January 1936

Closure of the railway connection Uithoorn – Alphen aan den Rijn, and with it the closure of Nieuwveen station.
The line had never paid its way from the outset. The station building of 1913 still stands and is now in use as office space, at W.P. Speelmanweg 39a.

The twentieth century up to the war railway closure Researched later