Houten Castellum railway station

Houten Castellum
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°01′05″N 5°10′44″E / 52.01806°N 5.17889°ECoordinates: 52°01′05″N 5°10′44″E / 52.01806°N 5.17889°E
Line(s)	Utrecht–Boxtel railway
History
Opened	8 January 2001 (old), 12 December 2010 (new)
Closed	2008 (old)
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Houten toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 6000 Culemborg toward Tiel NS Sprinter 16000 Continues at/arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch as Sprinter 13600 to/from Breda Culemborg toward 's-Hertogenbosch
Location
Houten Castellum Location within Randstad

Houten Castellum is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands, which was opened on 8 January 2001 and it is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and was on the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line which closed on 14 December 2008. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The original station opened on 8 January 2001 and closed on 14 December 2008. During this time the service was operated by a tram from Hannover on loan to Nederlandse Spoorwegen, operated by HTM. After closure of the tram line due to construction of a new station and expanding of the railway to 4 tracks, the tram service was replaced by a bus service. The new station opened on 12 December 2010, since then the bus service ceased. All local trains call at Houten Castellum at the center platform along the inner tracks, while Intercity services and cargo trains use the outer tracks.

Current Train Services

The following services call at Houten Castellum:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch

Gallery

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  The station in 2006

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  Last tram service in 2008

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  Tram at Houten Castellum

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  The station as seen from the surrounding shopping centre

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  The platform in direction Utrecht Centraal railway station in 2012

External links

• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)