Beurs metro station

Beurs
Rotterdam Metro station
Coordinates	51°55′07″N 4°28′50″E / 51.91861°N 4.48056°ECoordinates: 51°55′07″N 4°28′50″E / 51.91861°N 4.48056°E
Owned by	RET
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1968
Services
Preceding station   Rotterdam Metro   Following station Eendrachtsplein toward  Schiedam Centrum Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Blaak toward  Binnenhof Line B Blaak toward  Nesselande Eendrachtsplein toward  De Akkers Line C Blaak toward  De Terp Leuvehaven toward  De Akkers Line D Stadhuis toward  Rotterdam Centraal Leuvehaven toward  Slinge Line E Stadhuis toward  Den Haag Centraal

Beurs is a major subway interchange station in the center of Rotterdam. Underneath Churchill Square (Dutch: Churchillplein), the two lines through the city center (lines A-B-C and lines D-E) intersect. Passengers for Rotterdam Central Station change here to line D if they started their journey on line A, B, or C.

All destinations within the network are accessible from Beurs. Since December 2011, it has also been incorporated into the new RandstadRail network, resulting in a direct connection to The Hague (line E).

History

Station Beurs opened February 9, 1968 on the North-South Line (also temporarily called Erasmuslijn). On May 6, 1982 a new station, Churchillplein, was opened nearby on the new East-West Line (also temporarily Calandlijn). Both stations were connected by an underground walkway. In 2000, this separate naming was abandoned. For a while, signs in the East-West Line-portion of the station still had 'Churchillplein' in a smaller font below 'Beurs', but this has recently been removed.