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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°03′53″N4°24′00″E / 52.06472°N 4.40000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | E 3 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leidschenveen is the RandstadRail station in the centre of Leidschenveen in the neighbourhood Leidschenveen-Ypenburg in The Hague, Netherlands. The station features 2 platforms on a viaduct. These have a high and a low platform, with tram lines RandstadRail 3 and RandstadRail 4 using the lower platforms, and metro line E using the higher platforms. Leidschenveen is the station where the metro and the tram lines split, with the metro (line E) continuing to Rotterdam, while the trams (3 & 4) continue to Zoetermeer. The RandstadRail station opened on 29 October 2006 for the HTM tram services (4) and for the RET metro service (line E), and on 20 October 2007 for tram service 3.
The following services currently call at Leidschenveen:
These services depart from street level, directly below the station.
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