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Venlo–Eindhoven railway

The Venlo–Eindhoven railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Venlo to Eindhoven, passing through Helmond and Deurne.


British Rail Class 77

Their main work was on The HagueCologne express trains as far as the border at Venlo although they travelled to their home depot at Maastricht either with a train or light engine on Sunday for their weekly examination before returning to traffic the following day.

Capture of Maastricht

While Venlo and Roermond were lost to the Spaniards in 1637, Maastricht remained in Dutch hands, even though sovereignty over the condominium was to be shared with the prince-bishops of Liège.

Destruction of Neuss

Adolf Count of Moers and Neuenahr reinforced and supplied the city and took most of his troops north, to Moers and Venlo, leaving the young Friedrich Cloedt in command of the city.

Kaldenkirchen

It also has a train station with double-tracked passenger and freight traffic to Venlo/NL and single-tracked traffic to Mönchengladbach.

Kempen, Germany

It is situated approximately 30 km northwest of Düsseldorf, and 20 km east of Venlo.

Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein station

Previously, the Rhein-Erft-Express had since its introduction in 1998 continued to Venlo after Mönchengladbach.

Maarheeze railway station

With an interchange at Eindhoven passengers are able to reach many major places in the Netherlands, such as: Amsterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Hague, Venlo and Eindhoven Airport (by bus).

Maastricht University, Campus Venlo

The course content of UCV will be strongly related to the strengths of the region Venlo: agribusiness, health food innovation, logistics, and Cradle-to-cradle design.

MDM MDM-1 Fox

This sailplane was first displayed at the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Venlo, Netherlands, 1993, where Jerzy Makula flew it to win the World Championship.

Paul Jans

Jans is a forward who was born in Veghel and made his debut in professional football, being part of the VVV-Venlo squad in the 2000–01 season.

Pearl Flutes

The flutes are distributed worldwide by Pearl Musical Instrument Company, in the USA by Pearl Corporation based in Nashville, Tennessee, and in Europe by Pearl Music Europe based in Venlo, The Netherlands.

Roertunnel

The tunnel is a part of the A73-south highway, connecting the A73-north in Venlo to the A2 near Echt.

Royal Marechaussee

The Marechaussee was the only police force in many small municipalities, such as Venlo, especially in the southern provinces of Limburg and North Brabant.

Schnorbach

This noble house appeared with Count Bruno in 1081, then holding a county in what is now the Netherlands on the Meuse’s left bank between Roermond and Venlo.

Stephen Quinn

He made his U-21 international debut in the 1–0 loss against the Netherlands in Venlo on 27 March.

Theo Bemelmans

From 1973 to 1978 he worked at in the industry at Océ in Venlo, initially as information manager, later as controller in the management team of the division Drawing Office.

Velden

Velden, Limburg, a village in the municipality of Venlo, Netherlands

VVV-Venlo

Another remarkable event was the transfer of star player Keisuke Honda to CSKA Moscow.


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