Haarlem railway station

Haarlem
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°23′16″N 4°38′20″E / 52.38778°N 4.63889°ECoordinates: 52°23′16″N 4°38′20″E / 52.38778°N 4.63889°E
Operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s) Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Haarlem–Uitgeest railway
Haarlem–Zandvoort railway
Platforms 6
Other information
Station code Hlm
History
Opened 1839
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
NS Intercity 2100
2x/hour
toward Dordrecht
NS Intercity 2200
2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings
TerminusNS Intercity 3400
2x/hour; Not on evenings
toward Hoorn
toward Uitgeest
NS Sprinter 4800
2x/hour; Not on evenings
toward Zandvoort
NS Sprinter 5400
2x/hour
NS Sprinter 6300
2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends
Terminus
NS Sprinter 6300
2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only
NS Sprinter 14800
2x/hour, but only 1x/hour Alkmaar-Hoorn; Evenings only
toward Hoorn
toward Zandvoort
NS Sprinter 15400
2x/hour; Beach season only
Terminus
Location

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).

History

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.

Mouthaan

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.

Haarlem station main entrance today
1842 neo-classical station by F.W. Conrad
Inside Haarlem station today

Current station

The current building was built between 1906 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.

Train services

The following train services currently call at Haarlem:

Bus services

All services except line 50 are operated by Connexxion, line 50 is operated by Arriva.

Gallery

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Haarlem en de spoorwegen', Haerlem jaarboek (1989), Historische Werkgroep Haerlem,pp 86-118
  2. ↑ "Filming locations for Ocean's Twelve". IMDb. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

External links

Dutch Rijksmonument 19786