Voorschoten railway station

Voorschoten
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°7′35″N4°26′2″E / 52.12639°N 4.43389°E / 52.12639; 4.43389
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
History
Opened	1969 (old), 1995 (current)
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Den Haag Mariahoeve towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4300 De Vink towards Lelystad Centrum NS Sprinter 6300 Not on evenings and weekends De Vink towards Haarlem
Location Voorschoten Location within Netherlands

Voorschoten is a railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands.

History

The first station opened on 1 May 1843 on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway. A new station building opened in 1886 and was closed on 17 September 1944. The station re-opened in 1969 and a hexagonal shaped station building opened. A new station was opened in 1995. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.^{[ citation needed ]}

Accidents and incidents

Main article: 1926 Voorschoten train crash

• On 9 September 1926, a passenger train was derailed near Voorschoten. Four people were killed. ^[1]

Main article: 2023 Voorschoten train crash

• On 4 April 2023, a passenger train collided with a crane that was obstructing the line at Voorschoten. One person was killed. ^[2] A freight train was also reported to have collided with the crane. ^[3]

Train services

The following services currently call at Voorschoten:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Leiden - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Hilversum - Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem

External links

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

References

1. "De onzettende spoorwegramp bij Voorschoten" [The terrible railway disaster near Voorschoten]. 's-Gravenhage in Beeld (in Dutch). 9 October 1926. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
2. "Een dode en meerdere zwaargewonden bij treinongeluk Voorschoten" [One dead and several seriously injured in Voorschoten train accident] (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. "Dode en tientallen gewonden en ontsporing bij treinongeval Voorschoten" [Dead and several wounded by train derailment at Voorschoten] (in Dutch). Regio15. Retrieved 4 April 2023.