Harmelen

{{Infobox settlement | name = Harmelen | settlement_type = Town | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = Kerk Harmelen.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Catholic church in Harmelen, designed by Jan Stuyt | image_flag = Harmelen vlag.svg | image_shield = Harmelen gemeentewapen.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = LocatieWoerden.png | map_caption = | image_map1 = Map NL - Woerden - Harmelen.png | map_caption1 = Harmelen in the municipality of Woerden. | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Utrecht | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Woerden | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 23.75 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <!-- for references: use

Harmelen is on the railway line between Utrecht and Woerden; its train station was opened on 21 May 1855 and closed on 15 May 1936. In 1962, two passenger trains collided near Harmelen. The Harmelen train disaster, resulting in 93 fatalities, was the largest train accident in Dutch history.