Amersfoort Schothorst railway station

Amersfoort Schothorst
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°10′29″N 5°24′13″E / 52.17472°N 5.40361°ECoordinates: 52°10′29″N 5°24′13″E / 52.17472°N 5.40361°E
Line(s) Utrecht–Kampen railway
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
toward Schiphol
NS Intercity 11600
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 11700 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst. Transfer to Intercity 1700 to/from Den Haag Centraal
Terminus
NS Intercity 11700
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 11600 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst. Transfer to Intercity 1600 to/from Schiphol at Amersfoort
NS Sprinter 5600
2x/hour
toward Zwolle
toward Hoofddorp
NS Sprinter 5800
2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends
Terminus
Location
Amersfoort Schothorst
Location within Randstad

Amersfoort Schothorst is a railway station on the Utrecht–Kampen railway between Amersfoort and Zwolle. It is located in north Amersfoort, Netherlands. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

History

The station opened in 1987 as a suburban complement to the main Amersfoort railway station. The station serves the suburban areas of Schothorst, Zielhorst, Liendert and Rustenburg and the industrial area of De Hoef.

The station used to be the terminus for trains originating from the wide Amsterdam region, such as Hoofddorp, Alkmaar and Amsterdam Centraal; a third track was constructed enabling these services in 1997. When a second suburban station, Amersfoort Vathorst opened to the north of Schothorst in May 2006, regional services (Sprinters) terminating in Vathorst. The spare third track has been used, as of December 2007, as the terminus for Intercity trains originating from Rotterdam Centraal.

Train services

The following train services currently call at Amersfoort Schothorst:

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