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]
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]
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.
Station | Code | Opened | Closed | Reopened | Passengers [5] |
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Aalten | Atn | 1885 | |||
Abcoude | Ac | 1843 | 1579 | ||
Akkrum | Akm | 1868 | 749 | ||
Alkmaar Noord | Amrn | 1980 | 4836 | ||
Alkmaar | Amr | 1865 | 18930 | ||
Almelo de Riet | Amri | 1926 | 1241 | ||
Almelo | Aml | 1865 | 10618 | ||
Almere Buiten | Almb | 1987 | 6458 | ||
Almere Centrum | Alm | 1987 | 23784 | ||
Almere Muziekwijk | Almm | 1987 | 6681 | ||
Almere Oostvaarders | Almo | 2004 | 4630 | ||
Almere Parkwijk | Almp | 1996 | 3584 | ||
Almere Poort | Ampo | 2012 | 3085 | ||
Alphen aan den Rijn | Apn | 1878 | 9725 | ||
Amersfoort Centraal | Amf | 1863 | 39675 | ||
Amersfoort Schothorst | Amfs | 1987 | 5762 | ||
Amersfoort Vathorst | Avat | 2006 | 2583 | ||
Amsterdam Amstel | Asa | 1939 | 28976 | ||
Amsterdam Arena | Asdar | 1996 | |||
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA | Asb | 1971 | 22684 | ||
Amsterdam Centraal | Asd | 1889 | 167427 | ||
Amsterdam Holendrecht | Ashd | 2008 | 3227 | ||
Amsterdam Lelylaan | Asdl | 1986 | 14042 | ||
Amsterdam Muiderpoort | Asdm | 1896 | 11888 | ||
Amsterdam RAI | Rai | 1981 | 6808 | ||
Amsterdam Science Park | Assp | 2009 | 4117 | ||
Amsterdam Sloterdijk | Ass | 1956 | 1986 | 47615 | |
Amsterdam Zuid | Asdz | 1978 | 43716 | ||
Anna Paulowna | Ana | 1865 | 2137 | ||
Apeldoorn De Maten | Apdm | 2006 | |||
Apeldoorn Osseveld | Apdo | 2006 | 1110 | ||
Apeldoorn | Apd | 1876 | 14628 | ||
Appingedam | Apg | 1884 | |||
Arkel | Akl | 1883 | 1938 | 1940 | |
Arnemuiden | Arn | 1872 | 461 | ||
Arnhem Presikhaaf | Ahpr | 1969 | 2829 | ||
Arnhem Centraal | Ah | 1845 | 39164 | ||
Arnhem Velperpoort | Ahp | 1893 | 2066 | ||
Arnhem Zuid | Ahz | 2005 | 2909 | ||
Assen | Asn | 1870 | 9136 | ||
Baarn | Brn | 1874 | 4413 | ||
Bad Nieuweschans | Nsch | 1868 | |||
Baflo | Bf | 1893 | |||
Barendrecht | Brd | 1872 | 2001 | 5226 | |
Barneveld Centrum | Bnc | 1902 | |||
Barneveld Noord | Bnn | 1938 | 1944 | 1951 | |
Barneveld Zuid | Bnz | 2015 | |||
Bedum | Bdm | 1884 | |||
Beek-Elsloo | Bk | 1862 | 2028 | ||
Beesd | Bsd | 1883 | |||
Beilen | Bl | 1870 | 2124 | ||
Bergen op Zoom | Bgn | 1863 | 6939 | ||
Best | Bet | 1866 | 1938 | 1940 | 5263 |
Beverwijk | Bv | 1867 | 5572 | ||
Bilthoven | Bhv | 1863 | 4771 | ||
Blerick | Br | 1868 | 1131 | ||
Bloemendaal | Bll | 1900 | 1192 | ||
Bodegraven | Bdg | 1878 | 2924 | ||
Borne | Bn | 1865 | 2272 | ||
Boskoop | Bsk | 1934 | 1377 | ||
Boskoop Snijdelwijk | Bsks | 2017 | |||
Bovenkarspel Flora | Bkf | 1977 | 759 | ||
Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek | Bkg | 1885 | 2301 | ||
Boven Hardinxveld | Bhdv | 2012 | |||
Boxmeer | Bmr | 1883 | |||
Boxtel | Btl | 1865 | 5917 | ||
Breda Prinsenbeek | Bdpb | 1988 | 1589 | ||
Breda | Bd | 1855 | 30554 | ||
Breukelen | Bkl | 1843 | 4997 | ||
Brummen | Bmn | 1865 | 1025 | ||
Buitenpost | Bp | 1866 | |||
Bunde | Bde | 1862 | 872 | ||
Bunnik | Bnk | 1868 | 1938 | 1972 | 2131 |
Bussum Zuid | Bsmz | 1966 | 3893 | ||
Capelle Schollevaar | Cps | 1981 | 2311 | ||
Castricum | Cas | 1867 | 7024 | ||
Chevremont | Cvm | 1949 | |||
Coevorden | Co | 1905 | |||
Cuijk | Ck | 1883 | |||
Culemborg | Cl | 1868 | 8144 | ||
Daarlerveen | Da | 1906 | |||
Dalen | Dln | 1905 | 1950 | 1987 | |
Dalfsen | Dl | 1903 | |||
De Vink | Dvnk | 1906 | 1928 | 1985 | 3146 |
De Westereen | Dwe | 1885 | |||
Deinum | Dei | 1863 | |||
Delden | Ddn | 1865 | |||
Delft | Dt | 1847 | 31630 | ||
Delft Campus | Dtz | 1970 | 4688 | ||
Delfzijl | Dz | 1884 | |||
Delfzijl West | Dzw | 1969 | |||
Den Dolder | Dld | 1895 | 1817 | ||
Den Haag Centraal | Gvc | 1973 | 77783 | ||
Den Haag Hollands Spoor | Gv | 1843 | 34946 | ||
Den Haag Laan van NOI | Laa | 1907 | 14516 | ||
Den Haag Mariahoeve | Gvm | 1966 | 3178 | ||
Den Haag Moerwijk | Gvmw | 1996 | 2603 | ||
Den Haag Ypenburg | Ypb | 2005 | 2233 | ||
Den Helder | Hdr | 1865 | 3946 | ||
Den Helder Zuid | Hdrz | 1980 | 2082 | ||
Deurne | Dn | 1864 | 4333 | ||
Deventer Colmschate | Dvc | 1888 | 1933 | 1989 | 1464 |
Deventer | Dv | 1865 | 19739 | ||
Didam | Did | 1885 | |||
Diemen | Dmn | 1882 | 1929 | 1974 | 2996 |
Diemen Zuid | Dmnz | 1993 | 3551 | ||
Dieren | Dr | 1865 | 3641 | ||
Doetinchem De Huet | Dtch | 1985 | |||
Doetinchem | Dtc | 1856 | |||
Dordrecht | Ddr | 1872 | 23172 | ||
Dordrecht Stadspolders | Ddrs | 1990 | |||
Dordrecht Zuid | Ddzd | 1973 | 1336 | ||
Driebergen-Zeist | Db | 1844 | 9235 | ||
Driehuis | Dh | 1957 | 903 | ||
Dronryp | Drp | 1863 | |||
Dronten | Dron | 2012 | 3428 | ||
Duiven | Dvn | 1856 | 1936 | 1980 | |
Duivendrecht | Dvd | 1993 | 14383 | ||
Echt | Ec | 1862 | 2263 | ||
Ede Centrum | Edc | 1902 | 1944 | 1951 | |
Ede-Wageningen | Ed | 1845 | 17599 | ||
Eemshaven | 2018 | ||||
Eijsden | Edn | 1861 | 2006 | 2011 | 162 |
Eindhoven Centraal | Ehv | 1864 | 60450 | ||
Eindhoven Stadion | Ehs | 1990 | |||
Eindhoven Strijp-S | Ehb | 1971 | |||
Elst | Est | 1879 | 3710 | ||
Emmen | Emn | 1905 | |||
Emmen Zuid | Emnz | 2011 | |||
Enkhuizen | Ekz | 1885 | 2393 | ||
Enschede De Eschmarke | Ese | 2001 | |||
Enschede Kennispark | Esk | 1996 | |||
Enschede | Es | 1866 | 18508 | ||
Ermelo | Eml | 1863 | 2849 | ||
Etten-Leur | Etn | 1854 | 3241 | ||
Eygelshoven Markt | Eghm | 2007 | |||
Eygelshoven | Egh | 1949 | |||
Feanwâlden | Fwd | 1866 | |||
Franeker | Fn | 1863 | |||
Gaanderen | Gdr | 2006 | |||
Geldermalsen | Gdm | 1868 | 5909 | ||
Geldrop | Gp | 1913 | 1509 | ||
Geleen Oost | Gln | 1896 | 627 | ||
Geleen-Lutterade | Lut | 1862 | 1357 | ||
Gilze-Rijen | Gz | 1863 | 2529 | ||
Glanerbrug | Gbr | 1868 | 1950 | 2001 | |
Goes | Gs | 1868 | 7160 | ||
Goor | Go | 1865 | |||
Gorinchem | Gr | 1883 | |||
Gouda Goverwelle | Gdg | 1993 | 2998 | ||
Gouda | Gd | 1855 | 21298 | ||
Gramsbergen | Gbg | 1905 | |||
Grijpskerk | Gk | 1866 | |||
Groningen Europapark | Gerp | 2007 | 1212 | ||
Groningen Noord | Gnn | 1884 | |||
Groningen | Gn | 1866 | 19706 | ||
Grou-Jirnsum | Gw | 1868 | 947 | ||
Haarlem | Hlm | 1839 | 37399 | ||
Haarlem Spaarnwoude | Hlms | 1998 | 3420 | ||
Halfweg-Zwanenburg | Hwzb | 2012 | 2118 | ||
Hardenberg | Hdb | 1905 | |||
Harderwijk | Hd | 1863 | 5629 | ||
Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom | Bzm | 2011 | |||
Hardinxveld-Giessendam | Gnd | 1885 | |||
Haren (NL) | Hrn | 1870 | 1936 | 1968 | 1190 |
Harlingen Haven | Hlgh | 1863 | |||
Harlingen | Hlg | 1863 | |||
Heemskerk | Hk | 1969 | 2135 | ||
Heemstede-Aerdenhout | Had | 1891 | 6396 | ||
Heerenveen IJsstadion | Hry | 1975 | |||
Heerenveen | Hr | 1868 | 5893 | ||
Heerhugowaard | Hwd | 1865 | 7352 | ||
Heerlen | Hrl | 1896 | 7491 | ||
Heerlen Woonboulevard | Hrlw | 2010 | |||
Heeze | Hz | 1913 | 1977 | 1568 | |
Heiloo | Hlo | 1867 | 4676 | ||
Heino | Hno | 1881 | 693 | ||
Helmond Brandevoort | Hmbv | 2006 | 1057 | ||
Helmond Brouwhuis | Hmbh | 1987 | 1767 | ||
Helmond | Hm | 1864 | 6807 | ||
Helmond 't Hout | Hmh | 1992 | 1137 | ||
Hemmen-Dodewaard | Hmn | 1882 | |||
Hengelo Gezondheidspark | Hglg | 2012 | |||
Hengelo Oost | Hglo | 1975 | |||
Hengelo | Hgl | 1865 | 13437 | ||
Hillegom | Hil | 1898 | 1944 | 2000 | 2401 |
Hilversum Media Park | Hvsn | 1974 | 3853 | ||
Hilversum | Hvs | 1874 | 24105 | ||
Hilversum Sportpark | Hvsp | 1874 | 7125 | ||
Hindeloopen | Hnp | 1885 | |||
Hoensbroek | Hb | 1896 | 202 | ||
Hoevelaken | Hvl | 2012 | |||
Hollandsche Rading | Hor | 1874 | 865 | ||
Holten | Hon | 1886 | 1278 | ||
Hoofddorp | Hfd | 1981 | 15258 | ||
Hoogeveen | Hgv | 1870 | 4472 | ||
Hoogezand-Sappemeer | Hgz | 1868 | |||
Hoogkarspel | Hks | 1885 | 2300 | ||
Hoorn Kersenboogerd | Hnk | 1986 | 5149 | ||
Hoorn | Hn | 1884 | 13527 | ||
Horst-Sevenum | Hrt | 1866 | 2675 | ||
Houten Castellum | Htnc | 2001 | 2008 | 2010 | 3936 |
Houten | Htn | 1868 | 1935 | 1982 | 7436 |
Houthem-Sint Gerlach | Sgl | 1890 | |||
Hurdegaryp | Hdg | 1866 | |||
IJlst | IJt | 1885 | 1938 | 1985 | |
Kampen | Kpn | 1865 | 4136 | ||
Kampen Zuid | Kpnz | 2012 | 1506 | ||
Kapelle-Biezelinge | Bzl | 1868 | 1125 | ||
Kerkrade Centrum | Krd | 1949 | |||
Kesteren | Ktr | 1882 | |||
Klarenbeek | Kbk | 1882 | |||
Klimmen-Ransdaal | Kmr | 1915 | |||
Koog aan de Zaan | Kbw | 1869 | 2898 | ||
Koudum-Molkwerum | Kmw | 1885 | 1938 | 1940 | |
Krabbendijke | Kbd | 1868 | 571 | ||
Krommenie-Assendelft | Kma | 1869 | 2008 | 5262 | |
Kropswolde | Kw | 1868 | |||
Kruiningen-Yerseke | Krg | 1868 | 802 | ||
Lage Zwaluwe | Zlw | 1883 | 883 | ||
Landgraaf | Lg | 1896 | |||
Lansingerland-Zoetermeer | 2018 | ||||
Leerdam | Ldm | 1883 | |||
Leeuwarden Camminghaburen | Lwc | 1991 | |||
Leeuwarden | Lw | 1863 | 9682 | ||
Leiden Centraal | Ledn | 1842 | 71100 | ||
Leiden Lammenschans | Ldl | 1961 | 3886 | ||
Lelystad Centrum | Lls | 1988 | 13369 | ||
Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo | Ltv | 1878 | |||
Lochem | Lc | 1865 | |||
Loppersum | Lp | 1884 | |||
Lunteren | Ltn | 1902 | 1944 | 1951 | |
Maarheeze | Mz | 2010 | 1333 | ||
Maarn | Mrn | 1845 | 1972 | 1493 | |
Maarssen | Mas | 1843 | 4524 | ||
Maastricht Noord | Mtn | 2013 | |||
Maastricht | Mt | 1853 | 15633 | ||
Maastricht Randwyck | Mtr | 1987 | 1776 | ||
Mantgum | Mg | 1883 | 1938 | 1973 | |
Mariënberg | Mrb | 1905 | |||
Martenshoek | Mth | 1868 | |||
Meerssen | Mes | 1853 | |||
Meppel | Mp | 1867 | 5638 | ||
Middelburg | Mdb | 1872 | 4549 | ||
Mook-Molenhoek | Mmlh | 2009 | |||
Naarden-Bussum | Ndb | 1874 | 9148 | ||
Nieuw Amsterdam | Na | 1905 | |||
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel | Nwk | 1909 | 1935 | 1971 | 3370 |
Nieuw-Vennep | Nvp | 1981 | 2756 | ||
Nijkerk | Nkk | 1863 | 3338 | ||
Nijmegen Dukenburg | Nmd | 1973 | 1845 | ||
Nijmegen Goffert | Nmgo | 2014 | |||
Nijmegen Heyendaal | Nmh | 1972 | |||
Nijmegen Lent | Nml | 1882 | 1934 | 2002 | 1108 |
Nijmegen | Nm | 1865 | 43195 | ||
Nijverdal | Nvd | 1881 | 2958 | ||
Nunspeet | Ns | 1863 | 2762 | ||
Nuth | Nh | 1896 | 481 | ||
Obdam | Obd | 1898 | 1430 | ||
Oisterwijk | Ot | 1865 | 2311 | ||
Oldenzaal | Odz | 1865 | |||
Olst | Ost | 1866 | 1936 | 1940 | 1187 |
Ommen | Omn | 1903 | |||
Oosterbeek | Otb | 1845 | 511 | ||
Opheusden | Op | 1880 | 1890 | 1898 | |
Oss | O | 1881 | 8078 | ||
Oss West | Ow | 1981 | 1833 | ||
Oudenbosch | Odb | 1854 | 1254 | ||
Overveen | Ovn | 1881 | 2637 | ||
Purmerend Overwhere | Pmo | 1971 | 2058 | ||
Purmerend | Pmr | 1884 | 2401 | ||
Purmerend Weidevenne | Pmw | 2007 | 1588 | ||
Putten | Pt | 1863 | 1813 | ||
Raalte | Rat | 1881 | 2117 | ||
Ravenstein | Rvs | 1881 | 1413 | ||
Reuver | Rv | 1862 | |||
Rheden | Rh | 1882 | 805 | ||
Rhenen | Rhn | 1886 | 1944 | 1981 | 1394 |
Rijssen | Rsn | 1888 | 2398 | ||
Rijswijk | Rsw | 1965 | 7735 | ||
Rilland-Bath | Rb | 1872 | 445 | ||
Roermond | Rm | 1865 | 13274 | ||
Roodeschool | Rd | 1893 | 2018 | ||
Roosendaal | Rsd | 1854 | 10399 | ||
Rosmalen | Rs | 1881 | 1938 | 1981 | 2364 |
Rotterdam Alexander | Rta | 1968 | 16756 | ||
Rotterdam Blaak | Rtb | 1877 | 23368 | ||
Rotterdam Centraal | Rtd | 1847 | 85246 | ||
Rotterdam Lombardijen | Rlb | 1964 | 6206 | ||
Rotterdam Noord | Rtn | 1953 | 2254 | ||
Rotterdam Stadion | Rtst | 1937 | |||
Rotterdam Zuid | Rtz | 1877 | 3031 | ||
Ruurlo | Rl | 1878 | |||
Santpoort Noord | Sptn | 1957 | 797 | ||
Santpoort Zuid | Sptz | 1867 | 803 | ||
Sassenheim | Ssh | 2011 | 3479 | ||
Sauwerd | Swd | 1884 | |||
Schagen | Sgn | 1865 | 5326 | ||
Scheemda | Sda | 1868 | |||
Schiedam Centrum | Sdm | 1847 | 18630 | ||
Schin op Geul | Sog | 1853 | |||
Schinnen | Sn | 1896 | 246 | ||
Schiphol | Shl | 1978 | 71585 | ||
's-Hertogenbosch Oost | Hto | 1987 | 1616 | ||
's-Hertogenbosch | Ht | 1868 | 43172 | ||
Sittard | Std | 1862 | 12110 | ||
Sliedrecht Baanhoek | Sdtb | 1885 | 1938 | 2011 | |
Sliedrecht | Sdt | 1885 | |||
Sneek Noord | Sknd | 1973 | |||
Sneek | Sk | 1883 | |||
Soest (Netherlands) | St | 1898 | 211 | ||
Soest Zuid | Stz | 1898 | 2014 | ||
Soestdijk | Sd | 1898 | 764 | ||
Spaubeek | Sbk | 1896 | 261 | ||
Stavoren | Stv | 1885 | |||
Stedum | Stm | 1884 | |||
Steenwijk | Swk | 1868 | 3232 | ||
Susteren | Srn | 1862 | 918 | ||
Swalmen | Sm | 1862 | |||
't Harde | Hde | 1863 | 1306 | ||
Tegelen | Tg | 1865 | |||
Terborg | Tbg | 1885 | |||
Tiel Passewaaij | Tpsw | 2007 | 1434 | ||
Tiel | Tl | 1882 | 3445 | ||
Tilburg | Tb | 1863 | 32158 | ||
Tilburg Reeshof | Tbr | 2003 | 2556 | ||
Tilburg Universiteit | Tbu | 1969 | 6929 | ||
Twello | Twl | 1887 | 1951 | 2006 | 1433 |
Uitgeest | Utg | 1867 | 5167 | ||
Uithuizen | Uhz | 1893 | |||
Uithuizermeeden | Uhm | 1893 | |||
Usquert | Ust | 1893 | |||
Utrecht Centraal | Ut | 1843 | 176552 | ||
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn | Utlr | 2013 | 784 | ||
Utrecht Lunetten | Utl | 1874 | 1932 | 1980 | 2885 |
Utrecht Maliebaan | Utm | 1874 | 1939 | 2005 | |
Utrecht Overvecht | Uto | 1968 | 8217 | ||
Utrecht Terwijde | Utt | 2003 | 3285 | ||
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn | Utvr | 2016 | |||
Utrecht Zuilen | Utzl | 2007 | 2003 | ||
Valkenburg | Vk | 1853 | |||
Varsseveld | Vsv | 1885 | |||
Veendam | Vdm | 1910 | 1953 | 2011 | |
Veenendaal Centrum | Vndc | 1886 | 1944 | 1981 | 2239 |
Veenendaal West | Vndw | 1981 | 1619 | ||
Veenendaal-De Klomp | Klp | 1845 | 4007 | ||
Velp | Vp | 1865 | 1416 | ||
Venlo | Vl | 1865 | 4370 | ||
Venray | Vry | 1883 | |||
Vierlingsbeek | Vlb | 1882 | |||
Vleuten | Vtn | 1881 | 3717 | ||
Vlissingen | Vs | 1873 | 2955 | ||
Vlissingen Souburg | Vss | 1986 | 975 | ||
Voerendaal | Vdl | 1915 | |||
Voorburg | Vb | 1870 | 2302 | ||
Voorhout | Vh | 1892 | 1944 | 1997 | 3310 |
Voorschoten | Vst | 1843 | 1944 | 1969 | 3074 |
Voorst-Empe | Vem | 1876 | 1938 | 2006 | |
Vorden | Vd | 1878 | |||
Vriezenveen | Vz | 1906 | |||
Vroomshoop | Vhp | 1906 | |||
Vught | Vg | 1868 | 1938 | 1940 | 1976 |
Waddinxveen Noord | Wadn | 1973 | 883 | ||
Waddinxveen | Wad | 1934 | 1613 | ||
Waddinxveen Triangel | 2018 | ||||
Warffum | Wfm | 1893 | |||
Weert | Wt | 1879 | 7694 | ||
Weesp | Wp | 1874 | 9052 | ||
Wehl | Wl | 1885 | |||
Westervoort | Wtv | 1856 | 1936 | 2011 | |
Wezep | Wz | 1863 | 1048 | ||
Wierden | Wdn | 1881 | 1775 | ||
Wijchen | Wc | 1881 | 4100 | ||
Wijhe | Wh | 1866 | 1936 | 1940 | 1125 |
Winschoten | Ws | 1868 | |||
Winsum | Wsm | 1893 | |||
Winterswijk | Ww | 1878 | |||
Winterswijk West | Www | 2001 | |||
Woerden | Wd | 1855 | 11948 | ||
Wolfheze | Wf | 1845 | 527 | ||
Wolvega | Wv | 1868 | 1639 | ||
Workum | Wk | 1885 | |||
Wormerveer | Wm | 1869 | 3804 | ||
Zaandam Kogerveld | Zdk | 1989 | 1445 | ||
Zaandam | Zd | 1869 | 20790 | ||
Zaandijk Zaanse Schans | Kzd | 1869 | 3020 | ||
Zaltbommel | Zbm | 1869 | 3445 | ||
Zandvoort aan Zee | Zvt | 1881 | 4770 | ||
Zetten-Andelst | Za | 1882 | |||
Zevenaar | Zv | 1856 | |||
Zevenbergen | Zvb | 1854 | 1243 | ||
Zoetermeer Oost | Ztmo | 1870 | 1938 | 1965 | 3345 |
Zoetermeer | Ztm | 1973 | 5292 | ||
Zuidbroek | Zb | 1868 | |||
Zuidhorn | Zh | 1866 | |||
Zutphen | Zp | 1865 | 11732 | ||
Zwijndrecht | Zwd | 1872 | 5491 | ||
Zwolle | Zl | 1864 | 41618 | ||
Zwolle Stadshagen | Zlsh | 2019 |
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]
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 is a Dutch company that manages and exploits all railway stations in the Netherlands. [7]
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.
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.
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Den Haag Centraal is the largest railway station in the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The railway station opened in 1973, adjacent to its predecessor: Den Haag Staatsspoor, which was subsequently demolished. It is the western terminus of the Gouda–Den Haag railway.
The national tariff system is a ticketing and zoning scheme for local public transport in the Netherlands. It was designed as a nationwide scheme but is being phased out and replaced by the OV-chipkaart. With the abolition of the strippenkaart on 3 November 2011, only the sterabonnement remains organized under the national tariff system. The system does not apply to Dutch Railways (NS), which have their own pricing regime; however, there are limited sections of railway on which the system is valid.
Weespstation is a railway station in Weesp, Netherlands. The station has two island platforms and a total of six tracks, two of which are used for passing trains. The Schiphollijn, Flevolijn and Gooilijn meet at Weesp making it an important transfer station for passengers going between Amsterdam, Hilversum and Almere. The first station in Weesp opened on June 10, 1874, when the Gooilijn from Amsterdam to Hilversum and Amersfoort was completed. The original station was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a new building. The new building partially went out of service in 1985 because of the new railway line from Weesp to Almere and beyond, called the Flevolijn. The out-of-service part was later converted to a bicycle parking and repair shop. The remaining station is little more than a tunnel passing under the tracks, and a small coffee counter. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
Utrecht Centraal, officially Station Utrecht Centraal, is the transit hub that integrates three bicycle parkings, two bus stations, two tram stops and the central railway station for Utrecht, Netherlands. It is the biggest train station in the Netherlands.
Rail transport in the Netherlands uses a dense railway network which connects nearly all major towns and cities. There are as many train stations as there are municipalities in the Netherlands. The network totals 3,223 route km (2,003 mi) on 6,830 kilometres (4,240 mi) of track; a line may run both ways, or two lines may run on major routes. Three-quarters of the lines have been electrified.
Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a university city in the Netherlands. In 2019, it was the nation's sixth-most important station in terms of travel numbers, with 82.689 daily passengers. The station is an important transit hub for the c. 35,000 non-resident higher education students studying in the city, as well as for Leiden's surrounding area, including the seaside town of Katwijk.
The OV-chipkaart is a contactless smart card and integrated ticketing system used for all public transport in the Netherlands. First introduced in the Rotterdam Metro in April 2005, it has subsequently been rolled out to other areas and travel modes. It fully replaced the national strippenkaart system for buses, trams, and metro trains in 2011, and the paper ticket system for rail travel in July 2014.
Amsterdam Amstel is a railway station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station opened in 1939. It is located to the southeast of Amsterdam Centraal in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost, near the Amstel river. Amsterdam Amstel is used daily by 50,000 train and metro passengers. Rail services at the station are provided by NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands. Metro, tram and city bus services are provided by municipal operator GVB. Regional buses are operated by Transdev and Keolis.
Enschede is the main railway station in Enschede, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 July 1866 and is on the Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway. Between the late 1970s and 2001, the passenger service to Germany stopped. The connection to Münster was reopened in 2001. There is no connection allowing the German trains to run any further into Overijssel; however there was before the line closed.
Rotterdam Centraal station is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. The current station building, located at Station Square, was officially opened in March 2014.
Centrum-West is a RandstadRail station in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.
VIRM trains, full name Verlengd InterRegio Materieel, are a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) double-deck trains operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands. NS has 178 of these double-deckers – 98 four-carriage sets, and 80 six-carriage sets. The trains were built between 1994 and 2009 – for the most part by Talbot, part of Bombardier Inc., with some railcars built by De Dietrich.
The main public transport in the Netherlands for longer distances is by train. Long-distance buses are limited to a few missing railway connections. Regional and local public transport is by bus and in some cities by metro and tram. There are also ferries.
Leeuwarden Achter de Hoven was a railway station serving eastern Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The station was first opened on 5 July 1915 but was closed between 19 May 1940 and 3 October 1954. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Leeuwarden and Groningen. Train services were operated by Arriva. As of 2015, most trains between Groningen and Leeuwarden do not stop at the station, and it is not shown on the standard NS map. There was one departure per day in the direction of Leeuwarden and two departures per day in the direction of Groningen.