Schiphol Airport railway station

Schiphol Airport

Entrance to the railway station and airport
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°18′32″N 4°45′42″E / 52.30889°N 4.76167°E / 52.30889; 4.76167Coordinates: 52°18′32″N 4°45′42″E / 52.30889°N 4.76167°E / 52.30889; 4.76167
Operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s) Weesp–Leiden railway
Amsterdam–Schiphol railway
Platforms 6
Connections Arriva: 361, 365, 370
Connexxion: 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 287, 300, 310, N30, N97
GVB: 69, 245, 246, 247, 369
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code Shl
History
Opened 21 December 1978, reopened 1995
Services
Preceding station   Thalys   Following station
toward Paris Nord
Thalys Intercity 9300
10x/day
Terminus
toward Lille Europe
Thalys
2x/day
Thalys (winter)
1x/week
Thalys (summer)
1x/week
NS International
toward Breda
Intercity Direct 900
2x/hour
Terminus
Terminus
NS Hispeed 1000
2x/hour
NS International 9200
1x/hour
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
NS Intercity 700
1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 12700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 12500 to/from Leeuwarden at Zwolle
toward Groningen
NS Nachtnet 1400
1x/hour; Nighttrain Intercity service
TerminusNS Intercity 1600
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 11600 on section Schiphol Airport-Amersfoort. Transfer to Intercity 11700 to/from Amersfoort Schothorst at Amersfoort
toward Enschede
toward Vlissingen
NS Intercity 2600
2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings
TerminusNS Intercity 3100
2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings
toward Nijmegen
NS Intercity 3500
2x/hour; Not on evenings
toward Heerlen
NS Intercity 3500
2x/hour; Early evenings only
toward Eindhoven
NS Intercity 3500
2x/hour; Late evenings only
NS Intercity 11600
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 1600 on section Schiphol Airport-Amersfoort. Transfer to Intercity 1700 to/from Enschede at Amersfoort
toward Vlissingen
NS Intercity 12600
2x/hour; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only. Transfer to Intercity 12500 to/from Leeuwarden and to Intercity 500 to/from Groningen at Zwolle
NS Intercity 12700
1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 500 to/from Groningen at Zwolle
toward Leeuwarden
Terminus
NS Sprinter 3300
2x/hour
NS Sprinter 4300
2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only
Terminus
NS Sprinter 4300
2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours
NS Sprinter 5700
2x/hour
Terminus
NS Sprinter 5800
2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends
NS Sprinter 5800
2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only
toward Amersfoort
Location

Schiphol Airport railway station (previously Schiphol until 12 December 2015) is a major passenger railway station in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. It is located directly beneath the terminal complex of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and is operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station's six platforms are accessible via twelve escalators and three elevators located in the main concourse of the airport (Schiphol Plaza). The original station was opened in 1978, and the current station was opened in 1995. It connects the airport to Amsterdam and to various others cities in the Netherlands, as well as to Belgium and France.

History

Former entrance of the railway station in 1989, demolished in 1995
Rail tunnel and underground platforms of the station under construction in 1992

The original railway station at Schiphol was partly at street level and opened on 21 December 1978.

By 1978, One could only travel to Amsterdam's Zuid WTC and RAI stations, as well as south bound towards Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam. To get to Amsterdam Centraal station one had to travel to RAI and change onto tram 4 over there. A direct link was created with the construction of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway in 1986.

A newly built underground station opened in 1995. The former building was demolished. As Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which surrounds the railway station, is the largest airport within the Netherlands and the primary international gateway, Schiphol railway station changed into a major hub in the Dutch railway network.

The station was renamed Schiphol Airport from 13 December 2015 to make the station more recognisable to international passenger. [1]

Destinations

Schiphol stations offers several trains per hour to Amsterdam Centraal, and frequent services to the rest of the country as well. These include intercity services to Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Amersfoort, Almere, Lelystad, Enschede, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen and Zwolle.

A new flyover also provides direct connections to Utrecht and the south of the country. This so-called Utrechtboog opened on 12 March 2006. It connects two existing lines (Utrecht-Amsterdam Central Station and Schiphol-Weesp) and is located more or less between the stations Amsterdam RAI and Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA bypassing the Duivendrecht station. Passengers need not change trains at Duivendrecht anymore.

During nighttime, an hourly service connects Schiphol with Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Delft, Leiden and The Hague between 1am and 5am.

The high-speed trains Thalys and Intercity Direct call at Schiphol railway station. Thalys operates a service between Amsterdam Centraal, Schiphol, Rotterdam Centraal, Antwerp-Central, Brussels-South and Paris Gare du Nord or Lille. Intercity direct connects Amsterdam to Rotterdam Centraal and Breda via Schiphol. Both trains use Schiphol - Antwerp high speed line. Reservations are obligatory to board Thalys. For Intercity direct to Breda a supplement is required for the High Speed stretch to Rotterdam.

From December 2012 direct services from Schiphol to Hannover and Berlin ceased. Passengers could use a national Intercity service to Hilversum and change there for the Berlin service.

From December 2014 a direct service restarted between Amsterdam and Brussels, following the failure of the Fyra. This service use the Leiden - The Hague route.

Train services

Escalators at Schiphol Plaza go down to the platforms of the station

There are several types of train series in the Netherlands:

The station is served by the following service(s):

Bus services

The following bus services depart from the bus platform outside the airport building. Italics indicates stops within the Schiphol area. All services are daily unless otherwise stated.

Other facilities

Schiphol Plaza is the shopping centre before customs, hence it is accessible to both air travellers and Dutch customers who just change trains here, etcetera. Plaza consist of two medium-sized supermarkets, Food Village and Albert Heijn. These supermarkets open their doors until midnight 7 days a week. Soft-drink and snack machines are available on the platforms, as in most Dutch train stations.

References

  1. ↑ 2016 timetable changes

External links

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