Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn railway station

Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
Station Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
Location	Utrecht Zuidzijde Netherlands
Coordinates	52°04′43″N 5°07′21″E / 52.07861°N 5.12250°E / 52.07861; 5.12250Coordinates: 52°04′43″N 5°07′21″E / 52.07861°N 5.12250°E / 52.07861; 5.12250
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, Utrecht–Boxtel railway
History
Opened	22 August 2016
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Utrecht Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 6000 2x/hour; Continues at/arrives at Utrecht Centraal on weekdays except evenings as Sprinter 6100 to/from Woerden Utrecht Lunetten toward Tiel NS Sprinter 6900 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on evenings after 10:00pm; Continues at/arrives at Utrecht Centraal as Sprinter 7800 to/from Den Haag Centraal Utrecht Lunetten toward 's-Hertogenbosch Utrecht Centraal toward Breukelen NS Sprinter 7300 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Bunnik toward Veenendaal Centrum Utrecht Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 7400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends. Continues at/arrives at Amsterdam Centraal as Sprinter 4700 to/from Uitgeest Bunnik toward Rhenen Utrecht Centraal toward Breukelen NS Sprinter 7400 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only
Location
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn Location within Randstad

Vaartsche Rijn is a railway station, situated on the railway lines between Utrecht and Arnhem and between Utrecht and 's-Hertogenbosch. Construction began in November 2010 and was completed in 2015, although the station remained unused until its official opening at 22 August 2016.

Gallery

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  Utrecht station Vaartsche Rijn viewed from the Police station on Baden-Powellweg.
• 
  Construction of station Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn on the right, with the new bicycle and pedestrian tunnel leading to the Watervogelbuurt on the bottom right.

External links

• (in Dutch) More info at ProRail
• Video about the construction (in Dutch)