Rotterdam Centraal railway station

Rotterdam Centraal
The former Rotterdam Central building
Station statistics
Coordinates
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.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Train services
4 Metro- & Tram-service
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

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, Groningen, 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 5 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
5x 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)
1x 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

Preceding station	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	Following station
Schiphol toward Amsterdam Centraal	Fyra 900	Breda Terminus
Dordrecht toward Brussels-South	Intercity 9200	Den Haag HS toward Amsterdam Centraal
Antwerpen-Centraal toward Paris Nord	Thalys Intercity 9300	Schiphol toward Amsterdam Centraal
Schiphol toward Amsterdam Centraal	Thalys (winter)	Antwerpen-Centraal toward Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Terminus	NS Intercity 500	Rotterdam Alexander toward Leeuwarden
Terminus	NS Intercity 600	Den Haag Hollands Spoor toward Amsterdam Centraal
Terminus	NS Nachtnet 1400	Delft toward Utrecht Centraal
Terminus	NS Intercity 1700	Rotterdam Alexander toward Enschede
Delft toward Den Haag Centraal	NS Intercity 1900	Dordrecht toward Venlo
Dordrecht toward Vlissingen	NS Intercity 2100	Schiedam Centrum toward Amsterdam Centraal
Rotterdam Blaak toward Dordrecht	NS Intercity 2200	Schiedam Centrum toward Amsterdam Centraal
Terminus	NS Intercity 2800	Rotterdam Alexander toward Amersfoort
Rotterdam Noord toward Uitgeest	NS Sprinter 4000	Terminus
Schiedam Centrum toward Hoek van Holland Strand	NS Sprinter 4100	Terminus
Schiedam Centrum toward Maassluis West	NS Sprinter 4200	Terminus
Schiedam Centrum toward Den Haag Centraal	NS Sprinter 5000	Rotterdam Blaak toward Breda
Schiedam Centrum toward Den Haag Centraal	NS Stoptrein 5100	Rotterdam Blaak toward Roosendaal
Terminus	NS Sprinter 9700	Rotterdam Noord toward Gouda Goverwelle

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.

Preceding station		Rotterdam Metro		Following station
Stadhuis toward De Akkers		Line D		Terminus
Stadhuis toward Slinge		Line E		Blijdorp toward Den Haag Centraal

The station is served by almost all lines in the Rotterdam tramway network (4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 29) except line 2.

References

^ (Dutch) Rotterdam Centraal. Home page. Retrieved November 14, 2008
^ Urbika. Retrieved August 10, 2010.

External links

(Dutch) Rotterdam Centraal

Railway stations in South Holland

Alphen aan den Rijn Arkel Barendrecht Bodegraven Boskoop Capelle Schollevaar De Vink Delft Zuid Den Haag Centraal Hollands Spoor Laan van NOI Mariahoeve Moerwijk Ypenburg Dordrecht Stadspolders Zuid Gorinchem Gouda Goverwelle Hardinxveld-Giessendam Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom Hillegom Hoek van Holland Haven Strand Leerdam Leiden Centraal Lammenschans Maassluis West Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel Rijswijk Rotterdam Alexander Blaak Centraal Lombardijen Noord Stadion Zuid Sassenheim Schiedam Centrum Nieuwland Sliedrecht Baanhoek Vlaardingen Centrum Oost West Voorburg Voorhout Voorschoten Waddinxveen Noord Zoetermeer Oost Zwijndrecht

Future stations: BleiZo Boven-Hardinxveld Leerdam West Gorinchem Papland