Pijnacker Centrum | |||||||||||
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 Pijnacker Centrum RandstadRail station in 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°01′13″N4°26′16″E / 52.02028°N 4.43778°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 October 1908, reopened 10 September 2006 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 3 June 2006 | ||||||||||
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  Pijnacker Centrum Location within RandstadRail network | |||||||||||
Pijnacker Centrum is a RandstadRail station located in Pijnacker, the Netherlands. [1]
The railway station opened here on 1 October 1908 as part of the Hofpleinlijn. This station was closed on 3 June 2006 for conversion to a RandstadRail metro station.
The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.
In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. The station lies in the centre of Pijnacker, near the Oostlaan.
In 2017 a pilot project was proposed to have a night-time metro service from Rotterdam to Pijnacker. [2] The municipal council rejected the stop at Pijnacker-Centrum station for the night service because of noise pollution. [3]
The following services currently call at Pijnacker Centrum:
| Service | Route | Material | Frequency |
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| E | Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge | RET Metro [4] | 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes) |
These service departs from near the station, on the Oostlaan, one level higher than the station:
HTM Personenvervoer NV is a public transport company in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam, Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen, Pijnacker and Nootdorp, the so-called Conurbation Haaglanden. The lightrail connection to Zoetermeer is operated in cooperation with RET, the Rotterdam-public transport company, which operates the connection between The Hague Central Station and Slinge in the south of Rotterdam, thus giving a fast and easy connection between the two city-centres. Regional transports are serviced by Connexxion, Arriva and RET.
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