Utrecht–Rotterdam railway

Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	The Netherlands
Termini	Utrecht Centraal railway station Rotterdam Centraal railway station
Operation
Opened	1855–1858
Operator(s)	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Technical
Line length	56 km (35 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC
Route map Legend Line from 's-Hertogenbosch Line from Arnhem 0.0 Utrecht Centraal Line to Amersfoort Line to Amsterdam Utrecht Cartesiusweg sidings 4.8 Utrecht Terwijde 7.1 Vleuten Line from Breukelen 15.8 Woerden Line to Alphen a/d Rijn and Leiden 29.6 Gouda Goverwelle 32.1 Gouda Line to Alphen a/d Rijn and Leiden Line to Den Haag 41.2 Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel 43.8 Capelle Schollevaar 45.9 Rotterdam Alexander Rotterdam Noord depot 50.9 Rotterdam Noord High speed line from Amsterdam Line to Den Haag and Hoek van Holland 55.9 Rotterdam Centraal Line to Dordrecht

The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Utrecht to Rotterdam, passing through Gouda. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858. The western terminus was originally the Rotterdam Maas station. In 1899, a connection with the Rotterdam Delftse Poort station (the present Rotterdam Centraal station) was made. In 1953 a new line was opened between Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel and Rotterdam Centraal; the now obsolete Maas station was closed.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway are:

• Utrecht Centraal: to Amsterdam, Zwolle, Arnhem and Eindhoven
• Gouda: to The Hague and Leiden
• Rotterdam Centraal: to The Hague, Breda, Brussels and Amsterdam