Schiedam Centrum station

Schiedam Centrum
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′19″N 4°24′36″E / 51.92194°N 4.41000°ECoordinates: 51°55′19″N 4°24′36″E / 51.92194°N 4.41000°E
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms	4
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24 RET: 38, 51, 53, 54, 126, 226, B2, B3, B9 Veolia Transport: 36
Other information
Station code	Sdm
History
Opened	1847
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Rotterdam Centraal toward Dordrecht NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Delft toward Amsterdam Centraal Rotterdam Centraal toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2600 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings Delft toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 12600 2x/hour; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only Delft toward Groningen or Leeuwarden Schiedam Nieuwland toward Hoek van Holland Haven NS Sprinter 4100 2x/hour; Before 8:30am and after 9:00pm during beach seasons and before 11:00am and after 4:00pm outside beach seasons Rotterdam Centraal Terminus Schiedam Nieuwland toward Hoek van Holland Strand NS Sprinter 4100 2x/hour; Between 8:30am and 9:00pm during beach seasons and between 11:00am and 4:00pm outside beach seasons Schiedam Nieuwland toward Maassluis West NS Sprinter 4200 2x/hour; Not on evenings and Sundays, except Friday evenings Delft Zuid toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Rotterdam Centraal toward Breda NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour at evenings and weekends; notemid=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 Centraal toward Roosendaal Schiedam Nieuwland (Peak direction only) toward Vlaardingen Centrum NS Sprinter 14100 4x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Rotterdam Centraal Terminus Vlaardingen Centrum (Non-peak direction only) Terminus Delft Zuid toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 15100 1x/hour; Evenings and weekends only. Combined half-hourly service with Sprinter 5100 on section Den Haag Centraal-Lage Zwaluwe Rotterdam Centraal toward Breda Rotterdam Metro Terminus Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Marconiplein toward Binnenhof Line B Marconiplein toward Nesselande Parkweg toward De Akkers Line C Marconiplein toward De Terp
Location
Schiedam Centrum Location within Randstad

Schiedam Centrum is a railway station and metro station in Schiedam, just to the west of Rotterdam, Netherlands on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam Centraal, and is the junction for the branch to Hoek van Holland. Trains are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

History

The station opened on 3 June 1847 as Schiedam, with the The Hague - Rotterdam railway line. In 1856 the first major train accident in the Netherlands occurred near Schiedam causing three deaths.^[1] The branch to Maassluis opened in 1891, extended to Hoek van Holland two years later. In 1967 the station was renamed Schiedam-Rotterdam West, in 1998 Schiedam Centrum. In 1976 there was a major train disaster near the station, resulting in 24 deaths. In 2000, the railway building was completely renewed as part of the extension of the East-West Line of the Rotterdam Metro, which has called at Schiedam Centrum since November 2002.

Train services

The following services call at Schiedam Centrum:

• 2x per hour intercity Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour intercity Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoek van Holland - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Maassluis West - Rotterdam (not Sundays)
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal
• Peak hour services Vlaardingen Centrum - Rotterdam

New (2010) SLT unit 2401 on a Hoek van Holland service at Schiedam Centrum

Other public transport

Rotterdam Metro lines A, B, and C call at the metro station next to the railway station. For lines A and B it is the western terminus.

Several Rotterdam tram and bus lines call at Schiedam Centrum. A tram stop for RET lines 21 and 23 is near the entrances of the railway and the metro station.

References

1. "Eerste treinramp met doden ook bij Schiedam". Dagblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). May 1, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2011.

External links

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