Pijnacker Zuid | |||||||||||
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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°00′17″N4°26′47″E / 52.00472°N 4.44639°E | ||||||||||
Line(s) | E | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 10 Sep 2006 | ||||||||||
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Pijnacker Zuid is a RandstadRail station located in Pijnacker, the Netherlands. [1]
The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.
In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. The station lies in the very south of Pijnacker, near a new housing development, Klapwijk where there will be 3400 new homes. In 2022 a new housing development next to Pijnacker Zuid station was announced with 330 homes. [2]
In 2020 a new turning track was built just south of Pijnacker Zuid. [3] This enabled RET to extend metro line D to Pijnacker Zuid during peak hours. [4]
The following services currently call at Pijnacker Zuid:
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 [5] | 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes) |
These services depart from near the station, at the bus stop Ade on the N472, by the roundabout:
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Nootdorp is a small town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is bordered by Zoetermeer to the north, by The Hague to the west, by Delfgauw to the south and by Pijnacker to the east. Nootdorp was a separate municipality until 2002, when it merged with Pijnacker to form Pijnacker-Nootdorp, which is a part of Greater The Hague.
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