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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°7′35″N4°26′2″E / 52.12639°N 4.43389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1969 (old), 1995 (current) | ||||||||||||||
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Voorschoten is a railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands.
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 ]
The following services currently call at Voorschoten:
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