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Fort · West Betuwe · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Fort Werk op de Spoorweg bij de Diefdijk in West Betuwe

Werk op de Spoorweg bij de Diefdijk is a fort in West Betuwe, Gelderland. This place has a story in the app. Within 130 m you'll find a bench.

Fort Werk op de Spoorweg bij de Diefdijk in West Betuwe
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Photo: Gerard Dukker · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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The story

Story · Werk op de Spoorweg bij de Diefdijk

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You're standing at the Railway Work by the Diefdijk, near Acquoy, just east of Leerdam. This is an unusual fort, because a railway runs straight through it. The line from Geldermalsen to Leerdam, opened in 1883, cuts the oval fort island into two unequal parts.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

7 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: Gerard Dukker · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Facilities near Werk op de Spoorweg bij de Diefdijk

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

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