Schiedam Centrum station

Schiedam Centrum
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′19″N 4°24′36″E / 51.92194°N 4.41000°E / 51.92194; 4.41000Coordinates: 51°55′19″N 4°24′36″E / 51.92194°N 4.41000°E / 51.92194; 4.41000
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms	4
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24 RET: 38, 51, 53, 54, 126, 226, B2, B3, B9 Veolia Transport: 36
Other information
Station code	Sdm
History
Opened	1847
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Rotterdam Centraal toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Delft toward Amsterdam Centraal Rotterdam Centraal toward Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and Sundays Delft toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Evenings until +/- 10:00pm and Sundays from +/- 10:30am until +/- 10:00pm Delft toward Duivendrecht Delft Zuid toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Rotterdam Centraal toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour Rotterdam Metro Terminus Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Marconiplein toward Binnenhof Line B Marconiplein toward Nesselande Parkweg toward De Akkers Line C Marconiplein toward De Terp   From September 2017   Schiedam Nieuwland toward Vlaardingen West Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Marconiplein toward Binnenhof Schiedam Nieuwland toward Hoek van Holland Strand Line B Marconiplein toward Nesselande
Location
Schiedam Centrum Location within Randstad

Schiedam Centrum is a railway station and metro station in Schiedam, just to the west of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam Centraal, and is the junction for the branch to Hoek van Holland. Trains are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

History

The station opened on 3 June 1847 as Schiedam, with the The Hague - Rotterdam railway line. In 1856 the first major train accident in the Netherlands occurred near Schiedam causing three deaths.^[1] The branch to Maassluis opened in 1891, extended to Hoek van Holland two years later. In 1967 the station was renamed Schiedam-Rotterdam West, and in 1998 it was renamed again to Schiedam Centrum. In 1976 there was a major train disaster near the station, resulting in 24 deaths. In 2000, the railway building was completely renewed as part of the extension of the East-West Line of the Rotterdam Metro, which has called at Schiedam Centrum since November 2002.

Train services

The following services call at Schiedam Centrum:

• 2x per hour intercity Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour intercity Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam South - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 4x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda

New (2010) SLT unit 2401 on a Hoek van Holland service at Schiedam Centrum

Other public transport

Rotterdam Metro lines A, B, and C call at the metro station next to the railway station. For lines A and B it is the western terminus.

Several Rotterdam tram and bus lines call at Schiedam Centrum. A tram stop for RET lines 21 and 23 is near the entrances of the railway and the metro station.

References

External links

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