Amersfoort railway station

Amersfoort
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°9′14″N 5°22′27″E / 52.15389°N 5.37417°E / 52.15389; 5.37417Coordinates: 52°9′14″N 5°22′27″E / 52.15389°N 5.37417°E / 52.15389; 5.37417
Line(s) Amsterdam–Zutphen railway,
Utrecht–Kampen railway,
Kesteren–Amersfoort railway
Connections Connexxion: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19, 56, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 252, 656
Syntus: 102, 103
Qbuzz: 52, 252, 452
Other information
Station code Amf
History
Opened 20 August 1863 (first station), 1902 (second)
Services
Preceding station   NS International   Following station
Intercity (DB) 140
1x/2 hours; Replaces Intercity 1500 on section Amsterdam Centraal-Deventer. Transfer to Intercity 1500 to/from Enkhuizen at Amsterdam Centraal
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
NS Intercity 500
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 12500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 12600/12700 to/from Leeuwarden at Zwolle
toward Groningen
toward Enkhuizen
NS Intercity 1500
2x/hour; Not on evenings, weekends and when Intercity 140 runs
toward Deventer
NS Intercity 1500
2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only, but not when Intercity 140 runs
Terminus
NS Intercity 1600
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 11600 on section Schiphol-Amersfoort and with Intercity 1700 on section Amersfoort-Enschede
toward Enschede
NS Intercity 1700
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 11700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort and with Intercity 1600 on section Amersfoort-Enschede
NS Intercity 11600
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 1600 on section Schiphol-Amersfoort and with Intercity 11700 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst
Terminus
NS Intercity 11700
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 1700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort and with Intercity 11600 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst
NS Intercity 12500
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 700/12600 to/from Groningen at Zwolle
toward Leeuwarden
NS Sprinter 5600
2x/hour
toward Zwolle
toward Hoofddorp
NS Sprinter 5800
2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends
NS Sprinter 5800
2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only
Terminus
Connexxion
TerminusConnexxion Stoptrein 31300
2x/hour
Connexxion Stoptrein 31400
2x/hour
Location
Amersfoort
Location within Randstad

Amersfoort railway station is the main railway station in Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The station was an important link between the western part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country until December 2012 when the Hanzelijn opened.

History

The original station building opened on 20 August 1863, and closed in 1904. It was called Amersfoort NCS and is located next to the railway tracks 200 metres (656 ft) east of the end of the platforms of the current station. This first station opened as part of the Utrecht–Kampen railway (“Centraalspoorweg”), which runs from Utrecht via Amersfoort to Zwolle and Kampen.

In 1874 the Gooilijn opened, running from Amsterdam via Hilversum to Amersfoort. Two years later the line was extended to form the Oosterspoorweg (“East rail line”) from Amersfoort to Apeldoorn and Zutphen. In 1886 a railway line opened from Amersfoort to Kesteren, offering a direct service between Amsterdam and Nijmegen. However, the 1863 station was just too far east for the line, and so another station was built on the Kesteren line, called Amersfoort Stad. Parts of the Kesteren line still exist today. To permit connections between the two stations, a third station was built, called Amersfoort Aansluiting (“Amersfoort Connection”). Because this meant there were three stations all close to each other, it was decided to consolidate them and the current station was built and opened in 1901. It was renovated in 1997, at which time a third island-platform, as well as an exit on the north side of the station, were built.

Since 1970, Amersfoort has been important for intercity passengers, as it was the only station where all cross country intercity trains from Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam to Leeuwarden, Groningen and Enschede met. Passengers only need to cross to the other side of an island platform to change for trains to other destinations. Since December 2012 and the opening of the Hanzelijn, trains from The Hague and Amsterdam now travel via Lelystad to Zwolle, avoiding Amersfoort.

A second station was opened in Amersfoort in 1987, called Amersfoort Schothorst, and in 2006 a third was opened, Amersfoort Vathorst. Both these stations are on the Amersfoort – Zwolle line.

The Centraalspoorweg between Amersfoort and Zwolle is also known as the Veluwelijn.

A new fly-under was opened on 18 October 2013, after two years of construction, to allow trains from Hilversum to access Platform 1 without crossing the other lines. The cost was €44.5 million.[1]

Train services

The following train services currently call at Amersfoort:

Bus services

Bus services depart from the bus station at the front of the station; services are operated by U-OV (52, 252), Connexxion and Syntus (102,103).

References

  1. ↑ "Amersfoort diveunder in operation" (217). Today's Railways Europe. January 2014: 54.

External links

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