Sassenheim railway station

Sassenheim
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°13′02″N4°31′34″E / 52.21722°N 4.52611°E / 52.21722; 4.52611
History
Opened	9 December 2011
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Leiden Centraal towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4300 Nieuw-Vennep towards Lelystad Centrum Leiden Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 5700 Weekdays before 20:30 Nieuw-Vennep towards Utrecht Centraal
Location Sassenheim Location in the Dutch railway network

Sassenheim is a railway station in Sassenheim, Netherlands and is situated on the Schiphollijn (Weesp - Leiden). Construction began in 2009 and the station was opened on 9 December 2011, while train services started on 11 December 2011. ^[1] The station has 2 platforms.

Train service

As of 11 December 2016 ^[update] , the following train services call at this station:

• 2x per hour local Sprinter service Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam - Zaandam - Hoorn
• 2x per hour local Sprinter service The Hague - Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle

Bus services

• Arriva 50 Leiden - Sassenheim - Lisse - Hillegom - Haarlem
• Arriva Qliner 361 Schiphol - Lisse - Sassenheim
• Arriva Qliner 385 Sassenheim - Voorhout - Noordwijk - Katwijk - Wassenaar - Den Haag

Images

• 
  The station shortly after its opening in December 2011.
• 
  Platform 2, a meadow behind it.
• 
  Sprinter train at the station.
• 
  The platforms

References

1. "Minister opent NS-station Sassenheim" (in Dutch). NOS. 9 December 2011.

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
• Arriva website (in Dutch)
• Connexxion website (in Dutch)