Rotterdam Centraal railway station

Rotterdam Centraal
The former Rotterdam Central building
Station statistics
Coordinates	51°55′28″N 4°28′10″E / 51.92444°N 4.46944°E / 51.92444; 4.46944Coordinates: 51°55′28″N 4°28′10″E / 51.92444°N 4.46944°E / 51.92444; 4.46944
Lines	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway HSL-Zuid Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Breda–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	13
Other information
Opened	1847
Code	Rtd
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Location

Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

History

The station opened June 3, 1847 as the Delftsche Poort railway station. The station building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn opened in 1957 and closed on September 2, 2007. The building became too small for the increasing number of passengers.^[1] Completion of a new public transport terminal is expected in 2013.^[2]

The station currently has 13 platforms, many being island platforms. The station is on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, Breda–Rotterdam railway, Utrecht–Rotterdam railway and the HSL-Zuid. There is a train/metro service under the station on Rotterdam Metro line D, and, as of 2010, on RandstadRail line E.

Destinations

As it is one of the four main stations in the Netherlands it is well connected with cities all over the country. Major destinations include:

Amsterdam Centraal, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Breda, Capelle aan den IJssel, Deventer, Dordrecht, Delft, Den Haag HS, Den Haag City, Eindhoven, Enschede, Gouda, Haarlem, Hengelo, Hoek van Holland (Ferry to Harwich UK), Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maassluis, Middelburg, Utrecht Centraal, Venlo, Vlaardingen Centrum, Vlissingen, Zaandam, Zwolle.

There are also international services to: Antwerpen, Brussels every hour and Paris up to 10 times a day.

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Centraal:

• 2x per hour high speed service (Fyra) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda
• 1x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Brussels
• 7-10x per day high speed service (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Brussels - Paris
• 1x per week high speed service (Thalys) Amsterdam - Brussels - Chambéry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice (in winter)
• 1-2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) service Rotterdam - Breda - Eindhoven (weekends only)
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) service Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour intercity service The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Deventer
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoek van Holland - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Maassluis West - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam - Gouda Goverwelle

Panorama of Rotterdam Centraal

Metro- & Tram-service

Rotterdam Centraal currently serves as a terminus for metro line D, while line E trains continue further south to Slinge station, sharing the section between Rotterdam Centraal and Slinge with line D.

The station is served by almost all lines in the Rotterdam tramway network (4, 7, 8, 10, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 29) except line 2.

See also

• RandstadRail
• Nederlandse Spoorwegen

References

External links

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• (Dutch) Rotterdam Centraal