Railway stations in the Netherlands

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There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands [1] including four which are used only during special events and one which serves the National Railway Museum only. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands. [2]

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This image shows the standard style of station name board: white on blue, with a white square in the upper-left corner. Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Stationsbord.jpg
This image shows the standard style of station name board: white on blue, with a white square in the upper-left corner.

Stations are divided into two categories based upon the service they receive. These are, in order of decreasing importance:

There are exceptions to this categorization. Some local trains – despite being called stoptreinen– do not stop at all stations: two examples are the services from Groningen to Roodeschool and from Tiel to Arnhem.

On the route diagrams printed at the top of station departure sheets, [3] intercity stations are indicated by the letters IC.

ProRail classifies stations into five categories based upon the facilities available. The categories are (in English): Cathedral, Mega, Plus, Basic and Stop. [4]

Naming conventions

Stations are generally named after the town they serve. In cases where a town is served by more than one station, additional designations specify the station's status or location, for example:

In the converse situation, where one station serves two communities, both community names are given, separated by a hyphen, e.g. Krommenie-Assendelft.

As of 15 December 2019 eight stations are designated Centraal. They are: Amsterdam Centraal, Amersfoort Centraal, Arnhem Centraal, Den Haag Centraal, Eindhoven Centraal, Leiden Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, and Utrecht Centraal.

List of stations, with their official abbreviations

StationCodeOpenedClosedReopenedPassengers [5]
Aalten Atn1885
Abcoude Ac18431579
Akkrum Akm1868749
Alkmaar Noord Amrn19804836
Alkmaar Amr186518930
Almelo de Riet Amri19261241
Almelo Aml186510618
Almere Buiten Almb19876458
Almere Centrum Alm198723784
Almere Muziekwijk Almm19876681
Almere Oostvaarders Almo20044630
Almere Parkwijk Almp19963584
Almere Poort Ampo20123085
Alphen aan den Rijn Apn18789725
Amersfoort Centraal Amf186339675
Amersfoort Schothorst Amfs19875762
Amersfoort Vathorst Avat20062583
Amsterdam Amstel Asa193928976
Amsterdam Arena Asdar1996
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Asb197122684
Amsterdam Centraal Asd1889167427
Amsterdam Holendrecht Ashd20083227
Amsterdam Lelylaan Asdl198614042
Amsterdam Muiderpoort Asdm189611888
Amsterdam RAI Rai19816808
Amsterdam Science Park Assp20094117
Amsterdam Sloterdijk Ass1956198647615
Amsterdam Zuid Asdz197843716
Anna Paulowna Ana18652137
Apeldoorn De Maten Apdm2006
Apeldoorn Osseveld Apdo20061110
Apeldoorn Apd187614628
Appingedam Apg1884
Arkel Akl188319381940
Arnemuiden Arn1872461
Arnhem Presikhaaf Ahpr19692829
Arnhem Centraal Ah184539164
Arnhem Velperpoort Ahp18932066
Arnhem Zuid Ahz20052909
Assen Asn18709136
Baarn Brn18744413
Bad Nieuweschans Nsch1868
Baflo Bf1893
Barendrecht Brd187220015226
Barneveld Centrum Bnc1902
Barneveld Noord Bnn193819441951
Barneveld Zuid Bnz2015
Bedum Bdm1884
Beek-Elsloo Bk18622028
Beesd Bsd1883
Beilen Bl18702124
Bergen op Zoom Bgn18636939
Best Bet1866193819405263
Beverwijk Bv18675572
Bilthoven Bhv18634771
Blerick Br18681131
Bloemendaal Bll19001192
Bodegraven Bdg18782924
Borne Bn18652272
Boskoop Bsk19341377
Boskoop Snijdelwijk Bsks2017
Bovenkarspel Flora Bkf1977759
Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek Bkg18852301
Boven Hardinxveld Bhdv2012
Boxmeer Bmr1883
Boxtel Btl18655917
Breda Prinsenbeek Bdpb19881589
Breda Bd185530554
Breukelen Bkl18434997
Brummen Bmn18651025
Buitenpost Bp1866
Bunde Bde1862872
Bunnik Bnk1868193819722131
Bussum Zuid Bsmz19663893
Capelle Schollevaar Cps19812311
Castricum Cas18677024
Chevremont Cvm1949
Coevorden Co1905
Cuijk Ck1883
Culemborg Cl18688144
Daarlerveen Da1906
Dalen Dln190519501987
Dalfsen Dl1903
De Vink Dvnk1906192819853146
De Westereen Dwe1885
Deinum Dei1863
Delden Ddn1865
Delft Dt184731630
Delft Campus Dtz19704688
Delfzijl Dz1884
Delfzijl West Dzw1969
Den Dolder Dld18951817
Den Haag Centraal Gvc197377783
Den Haag Hollands Spoor Gv184334946
Den Haag Laan van NOI Laa190714516
Den Haag Mariahoeve Gvm19663178
Den Haag Moerwijk Gvmw19962603
Den Haag Ypenburg Ypb20052233
Den Helder Hdr18653946
Den Helder Zuid Hdrz19802082
Deurne Dn18644333
Deventer Colmschate Dvc1888193319891464
Deventer Dv186519739
Didam Did1885
Diemen Dmn1882192919742996
Diemen Zuid Dmnz19933551
Dieren Dr18653641
Doetinchem De Huet Dtch1985
Doetinchem Dtc1856
Dordrecht Ddr187223172
Dordrecht Stadspolders Ddrs1990
Dordrecht Zuid Ddzd19731336
Driebergen-Zeist Db18449235
Driehuis Dh1957903
Dronryp Drp1863
Dronten Dron20123428
Duiven Dvn185619361980
Duivendrecht Dvd199314383
Echt Ec18622263
Ede Centrum Edc190219441951
Ede-Wageningen Ed184517599
Eemshaven 2018
Eijsden Edn186120062011162
Eindhoven Centraal Ehv186460450
Eindhoven Stadion Ehs1990
Eindhoven Strijp-S Ehb1971
Elst Est18793710
Emmen Emn1905
Emmen Zuid Emnz2011
Enkhuizen Ekz18852393
Enschede De Eschmarke Ese2001
Enschede Kennispark Esk1996
Enschede Es186618508
Ermelo Eml18632849
Etten-Leur Etn18543241
Eygelshoven Markt Eghm2007
Eygelshoven Egh1949
Feanwâlden Fwd1866
Franeker Fn1863
Gaanderen Gdr2006
Geldermalsen Gdm18685909
Geldrop Gp19131509
Geleen Oost Gln1896627
Geleen-Lutterade Lut18621357
Gilze-Rijen Gz18632529
Glanerbrug Gbr186819502001
Goes Gs18687160
Goor Go1865
Gorinchem Gr1883
Gouda Goverwelle Gdg19932998
Gouda Gd185521298
Gramsbergen Gbg1905
Grijpskerk Gk1866
Groningen Europapark Gerp20071212
Groningen Noord Gnn1884
Groningen Gn186619706
Grou-Jirnsum Gw1868947
Haarlem Hlm183937399
Haarlem Spaarnwoude Hlms19983420
Halfweg-Zwanenburg Hwzb20122118
Hardenberg Hdb1905
Harderwijk Hd18635629
Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom Bzm2011
Hardinxveld-Giessendam Gnd1885
Haren (NL) Hrn1870193619681190
Harlingen Haven Hlgh1863
Harlingen Hlg1863
Heemskerk Hk19692135
Heemstede-Aerdenhout Had18916396
Heerenveen IJsstadion Hry1975
Heerenveen Hr18685893
Heerhugowaard Hwd18657352
Heerlen Hrl18967491
Heerlen Woonboulevard Hrlw2010
Heeze Hz191319771568
Heiloo Hlo18674676
Heino Hno1881693
Helmond Brandevoort Hmbv20061057
Helmond Brouwhuis Hmbh19871767
Helmond Hm18646807
Helmond 't Hout Hmh19921137
Hemmen-Dodewaard Hmn1882
Hengelo Gezondheidspark Hglg2012
Hengelo Oost Hglo1975
Hengelo Hgl186513437
Hillegom Hil1898194420002401
Hilversum Media Park Hvsn19743853
Hilversum Hvs187424105
Hilversum Sportpark Hvsp18747125
Hindeloopen Hnp1885
Hoensbroek Hb1896202
Hoevelaken Hvl2012
Hollandsche Rading Hor1874865
Holten Hon18861278
Hoofddorp Hfd198115258
Hoogeveen Hgv18704472
Hoogezand-Sappemeer Hgz1868
Hoogkarspel Hks18852300
Hoorn Kersenboogerd Hnk19865149
Hoorn Hn188413527
Horst-Sevenum Hrt18662675
Houten Castellum Htnc2001200820103936
Houten Htn1868193519827436
Houthem-Sint Gerlach Sgl1890
Hurdegaryp Hdg1866
IJlst IJt188519381985
Kampen Kpn18654136
Kampen Zuid Kpnz20121506
Kapelle-Biezelinge Bzl18681125
Kerkrade Centrum Krd1949
Kesteren Ktr1882
Klarenbeek Kbk1882
Klimmen-Ransdaal Kmr1915
Koog aan de Zaan Kbw18692898
Koudum-Molkwerum Kmw188519381940
Krabbendijke Kbd1868571
Krommenie-Assendelft Kma186920085262
Kropswolde Kw1868
Kruiningen-Yerseke Krg1868802
Lage Zwaluwe Zlw1883883
Landgraaf Lg1896
Lansingerland-Zoetermeer 2018
Leerdam Ldm1883
Leeuwarden Camminghaburen Lwc1991
Leeuwarden Lw18639682
Leiden Centraal Ledn184271100
Leiden Lammenschans Ldl19613886
Lelystad Centrum Lls198813369
Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo Ltv1878
Lochem Lc1865
Loppersum Lp1884
Lunteren Ltn190219441951
Maarheeze Mz20101333
Maarn Mrn184519721493
Maarssen Mas18434524
Maastricht Noord Mtn2013
Maastricht Mt185315633
Maastricht Randwyck Mtr19871776
Mantgum Mg188319381973
Mariënberg Mrb1905
Martenshoek Mth1868
Meerssen Mes1853
Meppel Mp18675638
Middelburg Mdb18724549
Mook-Molenhoek Mmlh2009
Naarden-Bussum Ndb18749148
Nieuw Amsterdam Na1905
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel Nwk1909193519713370
Nieuw-Vennep Nvp19812756
Nijkerk Nkk18633338
Nijmegen Dukenburg Nmd19731845
Nijmegen Goffert Nmgo2014
Nijmegen Heyendaal Nmh1972
Nijmegen Lent Nml1882193420021108
Nijmegen Nm186543195
Nijverdal Nvd18812958
Nunspeet Ns18632762
Nuth Nh1896481
Obdam Obd18981430
Oisterwijk Ot18652311
Oldenzaal Odz1865
Olst Ost1866193619401187
Ommen Omn1903
Oosterbeek Otb1845511
Opheusden Op188018901898
Oss O18818078
Oss West Ow19811833
Oudenbosch Odb18541254
Overveen Ovn18812637
Purmerend Overwhere Pmo19712058
Purmerend Pmr18842401
Purmerend Weidevenne Pmw20071588
Putten Pt18631813
Raalte Rat18812117
Ravenstein Rvs18811413
Reuver Rv1862
Rheden Rh1882805
Rhenen Rhn1886194419811394
Rijssen Rsn18882398
Rijswijk Rsw19657735
Rilland-Bath Rb1872445
Roermond Rm186513274
Roodeschool Rd18932018
Roosendaal Rsd185410399
Rosmalen Rs1881193819812364
Rotterdam Alexander Rta196816756
Rotterdam Blaak Rtb187723368
Rotterdam Centraal Rtd184785246
Rotterdam Lombardijen Rlb19646206
Rotterdam Noord Rtn19532254
Rotterdam Stadion Rtst1937
Rotterdam Zuid Rtz18773031
Ruurlo Rl1878
Santpoort Noord Sptn1957797
Santpoort Zuid Sptz1867803
Sassenheim Ssh20113479
Sauwerd Swd1884
Schagen Sgn18655326
Scheemda Sda1868
Schiedam Centrum Sdm184718630
Schin op Geul Sog1853
Schinnen Sn1896246
Schiphol Shl197871585
's-Hertogenbosch Oost Hto19871616
's-Hertogenbosch Ht186843172
Sittard Std186212110
Sliedrecht Baanhoek Sdtb188519382011
Sliedrecht Sdt1885
Sneek Noord Sknd1973
Sneek Sk1883
Soest (Netherlands) St1898211
Soest Zuid Stz18982014
Soestdijk Sd1898764
Spaubeek Sbk1896261
Stavoren Stv1885
Stedum Stm1884
Steenwijk Swk18683232
Susteren Srn1862918
Swalmen Sm1862
't Harde Hde18631306
Tegelen Tg1865
Terborg Tbg1885
Tiel Passewaaij Tpsw20071434
Tiel Tl18823445
Tilburg Tb186332158
Tilburg Reeshof Tbr20032556
Tilburg Universiteit Tbu19696929
Twello Twl1887195120061433
Uitgeest Utg18675167
Uithuizen Uhz1893
Uithuizermeeden Uhm1893
Usquert Ust1893
Utrecht Centraal Ut1843176552
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Utlr2013784
Utrecht Lunetten Utl1874193219802885
Utrecht Maliebaan Utm187419392005
Utrecht Overvecht Uto19688217
Utrecht Terwijde Utt20033285
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn Utvr2016
Utrecht Zuilen Utzl20072003
Valkenburg Vk1853
Varsseveld Vsv1885
Veendam Vdm191019532011
Veenendaal Centrum Vndc1886194419812239
Veenendaal West Vndw19811619
Veenendaal-De Klomp Klp18454007
Velp Vp18651416
Venlo Vl18654370
Venray Vry1883
Vierlingsbeek Vlb1882
Vleuten Vtn18813717
Vlissingen Vs18732955
Vlissingen Souburg Vss1986975
Voerendaal Vdl1915
Voorburg Vb18702302
Voorhout Vh1892194419973310
Voorschoten Vst1843194419693074
Voorst-Empe Vem187619382006
Vorden Vd1878
Vriezenveen Vz1906
Vroomshoop Vhp1906
Vught Vg1868193819401976
Waddinxveen Noord Wadn1973883
Waddinxveen Wad19341613
Waddinxveen Triangel 2018
Warffum Wfm1893
Weert Wt18797694
Weesp Wp18749052
Wehl Wl1885
Westervoort Wtv185619362011
Wezep Wz18631048
Wierden Wdn18811775
Wijchen Wc18814100
Wijhe Wh1866193619401125
Winschoten Ws1868
Winsum Wsm1893
Winterswijk Ww1878
Winterswijk West Www2001
Woerden Wd185511948
Wolfheze Wf1845527
Wolvega Wv18681639
Workum Wk1885
Wormerveer Wm18693804
Zaandam Kogerveld Zdk19891445
Zaandam Zd186920790
Zaandijk Zaanse Schans Kzd18693020
Zaltbommel Zbm18693445
Zandvoort aan Zee Zvt18814770
Zetten-Andelst Za1882
Zevenaar Zv1856
Zevenbergen Zvb18541243
Zoetermeer Oost Ztmo1870193819653345
Zoetermeer Ztm19735292
Zuidbroek Zb1868
Zuidhorn Zh1866
Zutphen Zp186511732
Zwijndrecht Zwd18725491
Zwolle Zl186441618
Zwolle Stadshagen Zlsh2019

Platforms and tracks

Not the platforms, but the tracks are numbered. In Dutch communication, NS refers to "spoor 1" ("track 1"), etc. while in English communication, NS refers to "platform 1" where "track 1" is meant (hence all island platforms have two numbers). Tracks without platform access, used for through traffic, also have a number. This number is not indicated, but it shows indirectly by the fact that in the numbering of the accessible tracks a number is skipped. Track numbers are usually increasing in the direction away from the centre of the city and hence away from the main entrance(s) of the station.

A track along a long platform may have an "a" and a "b"-side, and sometimes three sections "a", "b" and "c".

At many stations, above platforms and at their access points, there are dynamic displays (electronic displays) of the destination and departure time of the next train [6]

Machines and counters for train tickets

For checking in and out with an OV-chipkaart card readers are at station entrances, halls and/or platforms. It can be recharged (increasing the credit by paying an amount) at ticket machines. The anonymous variety of the card can also be purchased here. For some minor rail operators all this does not apply yet.

Paper tickets are available from the same ticket machines; at the counter (if available) a supplement of €0.50 per ticket (with a maximum of €1 per occasion) has to be paid. In both cases one can choose a dated or undated ticket; the latter can be useful if one has not decided yet about the travel date. If the ticket is not dated it requires a stamp from a stamp machine on the travel date.

With an e-ticket bought in advance for a specific journey one can just get on the train without any further validation of the ticket.

NS Stations

NS Stations (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛnɛsstaːˈʃɔns] ) is a Dutch company that manages and exploits all railway stations in the Netherlands. [7]

Safety and comfort

Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from (homeless) beggars or pickpockets, especially in large cities. Measures taken to remedy this include installation of CCTV, locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls. Also, a valid train ticket is required to access platforms, at many stations enforced by gates that require an OV-chipkaart to activate them. Passengers with large luggage should note that no luggage trolleys are provided (except at the station of Schiphol airport), although platforms are accessible by elevator.

Station abbreviations

The official abbreviations of names of stations are used internally by the NS, but also on handwritten tickets; they can also conveniently be used when entering a station in the NS planner and are needed in some URLs, see below. In a station it can be found in the lower right corner of the yellow departure schedules. In most URLs (see below) they have to be written in lowercase, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in lowercase. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital letter.

Stations also have a four-digit code that is used on the keypad of older ticket machines to specify a destination.

History

Overzicht der onderlinge ligging van personenstations (1936).jpg
Positions of multiple stations in one city, 1936

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References

  1. ↑ Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today
  2. ↑ Facts & Figures on www.nsstations.nl
  3. ↑ See this example.
  4. ↑ "ProRail" (PDF). Network Statement 2012. ProRail. p. 165. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  5. ↑ Daily passengers (2015)
  6. ↑ See railway platform signs  [ nl ])
  7. ↑ (in Dutch) Over NS Stations, NS Stations. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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