Former railway station
Rolde's station building on the closed Assen-Stadskanaal railway line, designed by the architect Eduard Cuypers. Passengers got on and off here from 1905 to 1947.
Rolde got a station when the local railway company NOLS (Noordoosterlocaalspoorweg-Maatschappij) opened the line from Stadskanaal to Assen in 1905. From here the train ran to Assen and, in the other direction, to Stadskanaal. Passenger services ended in 1947, and in 1972 the railway was dismantled. The station building remained.
The architect Eduard Cuypers, who designed other stations in the Netherlands as well, gave the building Art Nouveau influences. It has an L-shaped plan, is built of brick and has two storeys. The compound pitched roof is covered with glazed Tuile du Nord tiles. The façades are asymmetrical, with a brick plinth and imitation half-timbering in the gables.
The former station is now a private house. You can see it from the street.
