Picture of the main facade and entrance of the Heerlen train station in the netherlands. Heerlen train station is the main railway station of this cjty, The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway. The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down. As part of the Maankwartier ("Moon Quarter