Almere Oostvaarders railway station

Almere Oostvaarders
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°24′10″N 5°18′0″E / 52.40278°N 5.30000°E / 52.40278; 5.30000Coordinates: 52°24′10″N 5°18′0″E / 52.40278°N 5.30000°E / 52.40278; 5.30000
Line(s)	Weesp–Lelystad railway
History
Opened	12 December 2004
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Almere Buiten toward Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 4300 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Terminus Almere Buiten toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 4300 2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours Almere Buiten toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour Lelystad Centrum toward Zwolle Almere Buiten toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 4900 2x/hour Terminus
Location
Almere Oostvaarders Location within Randstad

Almere Oostvaarders is a railway station in Almere, in the Netherlands. It is located approximately 29 km east of Amsterdam and part of the Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad main line. It is approximately 3 km north east of the Almere city centre. Almere Oostvaarders railway station opened on 12 December 2004. In 1988, when the Almere Buiten - Lelystad section was built, a four track viaduct was built and they planned to build a station called 'Almere Buiten Oost' which translates as Almere Buiten East. Before the station was built the Stoptrain Amsterdam-Almere Oostvaarders terminated at Almere Buiten. The four tracks at Almere Oostvaarders were used by the driver walking through the train to start a service again at Almere Buiten.

The station is located in the newest polder in the Netherlands, the Flevopolder which is in the Flevoland province. Almere has become a commuter city for Amsterdam. The first house was built in 1976 and on 7 July 2008, it was recorded that there were 184 405 citizens living in Almere. The station lies in the centre of the 'Oostvaarders' development, on the edge of Almere-Buiten. It is situated near the Oostvaarders nature reserve, the Oostvaardersplassen. The station lies on a viaduct with 4 tracks and has 4 platforms, which are island platforms.

When Almere Oostvaarders opened a new curve was built so trains could go from Almere to Hilversum and Utrecht without the necessary change of trains at Weesp. The curve is between the stations Almere Poort and Naarden-Bussum

Train services

The following train services call at Almere Oostvaarders:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Almere Oostvaarders
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Utrecht - Hilversum - Almere Oostvaarders

Bus services

• 1 Striphelden - Oostvaarders - Regenboogbuurt - Station Buiten - Bouwmeesterbuurt - Waterwijk - Almere Centrum - Stedenwijk - 't Oor Bus Station - Almere Haven
• 5 Almere Centrum - Parkwijk - Landgoederenbuurt - Faunabuurt - Bloemenbuurt - Station Buiten - Seizoenenbuurt - Oostvaarders

External links

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