Berkel Westpolder | |||||||||||
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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°59′22″N4°27′18″E / 51.98944°N 4.45500°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 December 2008 | ||||||||||
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  Berkel Westpolder Location within RandstadRail network | |||||||||||
Berkel Westpolder is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands.
The RandstadRail station opened on 19 December 2008 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.
The station lies at the heart of a new housing development, called Westpolder/Bolwerk. The station was officially opened on 19 January 2009.
The guarded bicycle parking station was closed at the end of 2023 due to budget cuts. [1]
The following services currently call at Berkel Westpolder:
| Service | Route | Material | Frequency |
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| E | Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge | RET Metro | 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes) |
Operated by Qbuzz, see www.qbuzz.nl or https://web.archive.org/web/20100305175339/http://www.qbuzz.nl/regio%2Brotterdam/cDU3_default.aspx
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