Melanchthonweg RandstadRail station

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Melanchthonweg
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Melanchthonweg station
General information
Location3045 PN Rotterdam
Hillegersberg-Schiebroek
Netherlands
Coordinates 51°56′55″N4°27′52″E / 51.94861°N 4.46444°E / 51.94861; 4.46444
Line(s) E
Platforms2
History
Opened10 September 2006
Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station
Blijdorp
towards Slinge
Line E
(RET)
Meijersplein
Location
Outline map RandstadRail.png
Red pog.svg
Melanchthonweg
Location within RandstadRail network

Melanchthonweg is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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History

The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. It was built to replace the old Rotterdam Kleiweg railway station (Kleiwegkwartier), which was located 300 meters south of the new Melanchthonweg station and was served by trains on the Hofpleinlijn. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.

Due to a mistake made by the municipality, the street where the station is located is called Melanchtonweg, without the second h. The name of the RandstadRail station does feature this second h.

In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. Since 17 August 2010, the preceding station is no longer Hofplein, but Blijdorp instead. On this date, the tunnel connecting the existing line to Rotterdam Centraal was opened.

Train services

The following services currently call at Melanchthonweg: [1]

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 Metro6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

Tram and bus services

These services, operated by RET, depart from stops underneath the station: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 http://www.ret.nl/ RET