Railway stations in the Netherlands
There are 386 train stations in the Netherlands (since December 2003). This number will remain the same on 12 December 2004, when Almere Oostvaarders is opened and Dalen is closed.
Categories
Stations are divided into three categories, in order of decreasing importance:
- Intercity stations, where all trains halt (except that international trains do not halt on some intercity stations).
- Semi-fast-train (sneltrein) stations, where semi-fast and local trains halt.
- The remaining stations, where only local trains halt.
However, on many lines there are only two categories of trains (intercity and local), or only one (local).
The departure schedules (see external links) show at the top the indication IC for intercity stations and S for semi-fast-train stations.
Spelling
Two-name stations are written with a dash to mean "and", and with a space if the second term provides more detail: Beek-Elsloo, but Alkmaar Noord.
List of stations, with official abbreviation
(excluding stations used during events only)
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D
- Daarlerveen (Da)
- Dalen (Dln) (to be closed on 12 December 2004)
- Dalfsen (Dl)
- De Eschmarke (Ese)
- Deinum (Dei)
- Delden (Ddn)
- Delft (Dt)
- Delfzijl (Dz)
- Den Dolder (Dld)
- Den Haag Centraal (Gvc) - lines 10, 11, 16, 17, 50 - formerly Staatsspoor (Den Haag SS), named after the former State Railway Exploitation Company (SS).
- Hollands Spoor (Den Haag HS) (Gv) - named after the former competing railway company HIJSM
- Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië (Den Haag Laan v NOI) (Laa) - - named after an avenue, which was named after an inn, which was named after the Dutch East Indies
- Mariahoeve (Gvm) - - named after a quarter which was named after a farm
- Moerwijk (Gvmw) -
- Den Helder (Hdr)
- Deurne (Dn)
- Deventer (Dv)
- Didam (Did)
- Diemen (Dmn)
- Dieren (Dr)
- Doetinchem (Dtc)
- Dordrecht (Ddr) -
- Stadspolders (Ddrs) -
- Zuid (Ddzd) -
- Driebergen-Zeist (Db)
- Driehuis (Dh)
- Dronrijp (Drp)
- Duiven (Dvn)
- Duivendrecht (Dvd) - for details on this station, follow the first link
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O
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R
S
T
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- Uitgeest (Utg)
- Uithuizen (Uhz)
- Uithuizermeeden (Uhm)
- Usquert (Ust)
- Utrecht Centraal (Ut)
- Lunetten (Utl)
- Overvecht (Uto)
- Terwijde (Utt) - new station from December 2003; the name plates at the station platforms read "Utrecht-Terwijde", but the dash seems to be a mistake (see above)
V
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Z
Termini
Below are stations with tracks only in one direction (or, with the indication *, have tracks in the other direction only for a tourist line, a freight line or to a shunting yard), with links to track lay-out maps. See also Train station#Terminus.
Of these, only Den Haag Centraal has nearby junctions, with railways in different directions; in fact in three directions: to Den Haag HS, Voorburg and Laan v NOI. Train route 1400 (the night train) has Den Haag Centraal on the way, with reversal of direction.
New stations
New stations from December 2003:
Train tickets
Train tickets are least expensive from the ticket machines; at the counter (if available) a supplement of € 0,50 per ticket (with a maximum of € 1 per occasion) has to be paid (from June 2004); in the train a much higher supplement is applicable.
NS Stations is the division of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in charge of the operation of railway stations, including supplying space for the many small shops and kiosks and owner of Stationsfoodstore (umbrella organisation of Albert Heijn convenience stores on stations) and Servex (using the brands Automaten, Brasserie, Burger King, Café T, Café T espresso, C'est du pain, Kiosk, mr. Pizza, Pizza Hut, Restauratie, Smullers, Het Station, Swirl's, and Wizzle).
Wizzle also sells train tickets. They are typically at small stations which have no separate ticket window or counter; an exception is Rotterdam, with a Wizzle at the back side of the station, while separate ticket windows are at the front side only.
Passenger comfort
Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from beggars, thieves, etc., but also from measures against them and against homeless people, e.g. locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls.
Station abbreviations
The official abbreviations of names of stations are used internally by the NS, but also on handwritten tickets; they can also conveniently be used when entering a station in the NS planners etc. and are needed in some URLs, see below. In a station it can be found in the lower right corner of the yellow departure schedules. In most URLs (see below) they have to be written in small letters, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in small letters. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital.
Example
- Amsterdam Central (see Sporenplan link below, has separate maps covering east and west side, and see NS link in Railway_stations_in_the_Netherlands#Maps for track numbering) has si platforms:
- four island platforms with on both sides tracks along the full length (tracks 4/5, 7/8, 10/11, 13/14)
- one with on one side track along the full length (track 15)
- one with on one side track along the full length (track 2), on the other side there is track only at the west end (track 1; bay platform), along the rest of the platform is the station building.
- Tracks 3, 6, 9, and 12 have no platform.
Diagram (platforms are yellow, tunnels are grey, north is up):
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See also
