| Haarlem | |
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| Lines | Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway Haarlem–Uitgeest railway Haarlem–Zandvoort railway |
| Platforms | 6 |
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| Opened | 1839 |
| Code | Hlm |
| Owned by | Nederlandse Spoorwegen |
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Haarlem is a railway station in the Netherlands, located in the city of Haarlem on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, the original train line linking Amsterdam to Zandvoort and Amsterdam to Leiden. The station building itself is a rijksmonument. The municipality of Haarlem is currently working on a plan to upgrade the area near the railway station (Masterplan Spoorzone).
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The first, wooden station was built on the Oude Weg, just outside the Amsterdamse Poort in 1839 to accommodate the passengers of the first railway in the Netherlands between Haarlem and Amsterdam, which had a rail width of 2 meters.[1] The station was built outside the city, on the current location of the Centrale Werkplaats (maintenance depot) of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij. At great expense, the rail width was later reduced to 1.435 meters in order to conform to George Stephenson's standard gauge.[1] The train engine "De Snelheid" was the twin of the Amsterdam "Arend", which along with the carriages, were designed by Stephenson's apprentice, the English rail engineer Thomas Longridge Gooch of R.B. Longridge & Co.[1] There were 4 trains per day to Amsterdam, scheduled at 9:00, 14:00, 16:00, and 18:00. The prices of the tickets for 1st (closed carriage), 2nd, and 3rd class (char-à-banc) were 1.20, 80c, and 40c (guilders).[1] A few years later the new railway turned out to be a great success, and in 1842 a real station was built on the current location. It was designed by F.W. Conrad in a semi-Greek neo-classicistic style. The front of the building was open to the street.
In 1867 the station was re-designed by P.J. Mouthaan; an extra floor was put on the building and the front of the building was now closed as well.
The current building was built between 1905 and 1908. The design is by D.A.N. Margadant. It was elevated, to make way for the traffic in the city. It is the only train station in the Netherlands that is built in Art Nouveau style.
The following train services currently call at Haarlem:
| Preceding station | Nederlandse Spoorwegen | Following station | ||
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toward Vlissingen
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NS Intercity 2100 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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toward Dordrecht
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NS Intercity 2200 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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| Terminus | NS Intercity 3400 |
toward Hoorn
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toward Zandvoort
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NS Stoptrein 5400 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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toward Uitgeest
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NS Sprinter 4800 |
toward Amsterdam Centraal
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toward Den Haag Centraal
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NS Sprinter 6300 | Terminus | ||
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toward Zandvoort
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NS Sprinter 15400 | Terminus |
2, 3, 4, 5 , 8, 15, 50, 51, 73, 75, 81, 90, 150, 175, 176, 177, 300, 575, 673, N30
A special bus line around Amsterdam is the Zuidtangent, which has largely its own bus lane, with priority at crossings.
| Dutch Rijksmonument 19786 |
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