Rotterdam Blaak station

Rotterdam Blaak

Location

Netherlands

Coordinates

51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°ECoordinates: 51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E

Line(s)

Breda–Rotterdam railway

Platforms

Connections

RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C

RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24

RET: 32, 47

Other information

Station code

Rtb

History

Opened

1877

Services

Preceding station	Nederlandse Spoorwegen	Following station
Dordrecht Terminus	NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings	Rotterdam Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Dordrecht toward Vlissingen	NS Intercity 2600 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings	Rotterdam Centraal toward Lelystad Centrum
Dordrecht toward Vlissingen	NS Intercity 12600 2x/hour; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only	Rotterdam Centraal toward Groningen or Leeuwarden
Rotterdam Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal	NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends	Rotterdam Zuid toward Breda
	NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour at evenings and weekends; Combined half-hourly service on evenings and weekends with Sprinter 15100 on section Den Haag Centraal-Lage Zwaluwe	Rotterdam Zuid toward Roosendaal
	NS Sprinter 15100 1x/hour; Evenings and weekends only. Combined half-hourly service with Sprinter 5100 on section Den Haag Centraal-Lage Zwaluwe	Rotterdam Zuid toward Breda
Rotterdam Metro
Beurs toward Schiedam Centrum	Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings	Oostplein toward Binnenhof
Beurs toward Schiedam Centrum	Line B	Oostplein toward Nesselande
Beurs toward De Akkers	Line C	Oostplein toward De Terp

Location

Rotterdam Blaak

Location within Randstad

Rotterdam Blaak is a railway station and metro station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses.

On 2 May 1877 the first railway station on this location was opened, then called Rotterdam Beurs. This station was part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. After the station had been destroyed during World War II, a new station opened in 1953, called Rotterdam Blaak.

When the underground metro station was opened on 6 May 1982, space was already reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath the metro station. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, now had 4 tracks instead of the 2 on the viaduct.

Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

The Cube Houses in Rotterdam viewed from Blaak Subway Station.

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak:

2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
2x per hour intercity service Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal

Other public transport

The metro of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called Blaak.

Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 stops. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET

The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:

Line	Type	Route	Frequency	Notes
21	Tram	De Esch - Woudestein - Oostplein - Station Blaak - Beurs - Centraal Station - Middellandstraat - Marconiplein - Station Schiedam Centrum - Schiedam, Bachplein - Schiedam, Woudhoek	Outside Summer and Christmas holidays: 4x/hour, but only 3x/hour on weekends Summer and Christmas holidays: 3x/hour	Not on evenings and early Sunday mornings
24	Tram	De Esch - Woudestein - Oostplein - Station Blaak - Beurs - Centraal Station - Middellandstraat - Marconiplein - Station Schiedam Centrum - Schiedam, Bachplein - Vlaardingen, Holy	Outside Summer and Christmas holidays: 4x/hour, but only 3x/hour on weekends Summer and Christmas holidays: 3x/hour
32	Bus	Overschie - Oude Westen - Eendrachtsplein - Station Blaak - Feijenoord - Station Zuid	Outside Summer and Christmas holidays: 4x/hour, but 6x/hour during weekdays rush hours and only 3x/hour on evenings Summer and Christmas holidays: 4x/hour, but only 3x/hour on evenings
47	Bus	Station Blaak -> Noordereiland -> Station Blaak	3x/hour
B5	Bus	Centraal Station -> Beurs -> Station Blaak -> Oostplein -> Kralingen -> Lage Land -> Oosterflank Metro station -> Capelle aan den IJssel -> Station Capelle Schollevaar -> Zevenkamp -> Graskruid Metro station -> Station Alexander -> Centraal Station	1x/hour	Nightbus service, Friday Night and Saturday Night only

External links

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

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