Meijersplein / Airport RandstadRail station

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Meijersplein / Airport
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General information
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 51°57′22″N4°27′44″E / 51.95611°N 4.46222°E / 51.95611; 4.46222
Line(s) E
Platforms2
History
Opened17 May 2010
Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station
Melanchthonweg
towards Slinge
Line E
(RET)
Rodenrijs
Location
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Meijersplein / Airport
Location within RandstadRail network

Meijersplein / Airport is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Schiebroek, a borough of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [1]

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History

Construction of Meijersplein station began in January 2008. The station was built to replace Wilgenplas station, located approximately 500 meters (1,600 ft) north. Wilgenplas was served by railway trains on the Hofplein line before that line was converted for use by metro trains and the station was temporarily kept in service after this conversion took place in 2006.

In May 2010 construction of Meijersplein station completed and Wilgenplas station was duly closed down on 12 May. Meijersplein station was opened on 17 May and it is now being served by metro trains of line E. It has an Airport Shuttle service to and from Rotterdam The Hague Airport. [2] In 2020 a tender was issued for autonomous vehicles for this shuttle service. [3]

Train services

The following services call at Meijersplein:

ServiceRouteMaterialFrequency
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 [4] 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

Bus services

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References

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  2. "Bereikbaarheid en vervoer". Rotterdam The Hague Airport (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. "Rotterdams consortium hervat selectie leverancier voor pilot met zelfrijdende airportshuttle". OVPro.nl (in Dutch). 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  4. "Halte Meijersplein / Rotterdam Airport". www.ret.nl. Retrieved 2024-02-19.