Rotterdam Blaak railway station

Rotterdam Blaak
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E / 51.92000; 4.48917Coordinates: 51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E / 51.92000; 4.48917
Line(s)	Breda–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	4
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24 RET: 32, 47
Other information
Station code	Rtb
History
Opened	1877
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Dordrecht Terminus NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Rotterdam Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal Dordrecht toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2600 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings Rotterdam Centraal toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 12600 2x/hour; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only Rotterdam Centraal toward Groningen or Leeuwarden Rotterdam Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Rotterdam Zuid toward Breda NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour at evenings and weekends; Combined half-hourly service on evenings and weekends with Sprinter 15100 on section Den Haag Centraal-Lage Zwaluwe Rotterdam Zuid toward Roosendaal NS Sprinter 15100 1x/hour; Evenings and weekends only. Combined half-hourly service with Sprinter 5100 on section Den Haag Centraal-Lage Zwaluwe Rotterdam Zuid toward Breda Rotterdam Metro Beurs toward Schiedam Centrum Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Oostplein toward Binnenhof Line B Oostplein toward Nesselande Beurs toward De Akkers Line C Oostplein toward De Terp
Location
Rotterdam Blaak Location within Randstad

Rotterdam Blaak is a railway station and metro station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses.

On May 2, 1877, the first railway station on this location was opened, then called Rotterdam Beurs. This station was part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. After the station had been destroyed during World War II, a new station opened in 1953, called Rotterdam Blaak.

When the underground metro station was opened on 6 May 1982, space was already reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath the metro station. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, now had 4 tracks instead of the 2 on the viaduct.

Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

The Cube Houses in Rotterdam viewed from Blaak Subway Station.

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak:

• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour intercity service Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal

Other public transport

The metro of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called Blaak.

Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 stops. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET

The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:

External links

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