Woerden railway station

Woerden
Station statistics
Address	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°5′5″N 4°53′35″E / 52.08472°N 4.89306°E / 52.08472; 4.89306Coordinates: 52°5′5″N 4°53′35″E / 52.08472°N 4.89306°E / 52.08472; 4.89306
Line(s)	Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Woerden–Leiden railway
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Bodegraven toward Leiden Centraal NS Intercity 8800 Utrecht Centraal Terminus Breukelen toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 Gouda Goverwelle toward Rotterdam Centraal Gouda Goverwelle toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 9800 Vleuten toward Utrecht Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 6100 Vleuten toward Utrecht Centraal
Location

Woerden railway station (Dutch: Station Woerden) is the railway station of Woerden, the Netherlands. The railway station was opened on 21 May 1855 on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. In 1911 a new building was built in Jugendstil, that still exists. During 1993-1996 the railway station was modernised, replacing the wooden roof and stairways by modern ones.

During the closing decades of the twentieth century growing numbers of stopping trains at the station and a sustained rise in the level of motorised traffic led to increasing delays both for cyclists and for motorists at the level crossing directly adjacent to the station on its western side. The matter was finally addressed early in the twenty-first century with the construction of a short section of road tunnel under the railway lines: this replaced the old level crossing.

The station has two platforms, and two entrances. On every entrance there is bicycle parking.

Train services

The following services call at Woerden:

• 2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Gouda - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Gouda- Woerden - Utrecht (stops after 8pm and at weekends in Utrecht leidsche rijn)
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Woerden - Utrecht (not after 8pm or at weekends)

Because the railway is so busy between Utrecht, Woerden and Gouda, it is not possible for 4 trains per hour, in each direction, to stop at the station Utrecht Leidsche rijn.

External links

• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)