Pijnacker Centrum RandstadRail station

Pijnacker Centrum
E
Platforms	2
History
Opened	1 October 1908, reopened 10 September 2006
Closed	3 June 2006
Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station Pijnacker Zuid towards Slinge Line E (RET) Nootdorp towards Den Haag Centraal
Location Pijnacker Centrum Location within RandstadRail network

Pijnacker Centrum is a RandstadRail station located in Pijnacker, the Netherlands.^[1]

History

The railway station opened here on 1 October 1908 as part of the Hofpleinlijn. This station was closed on 3 June 2006 for conversion to a RandstadRail metro station.

The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the

metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.

In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. The station lies in the centre of Pijnacker, near the Oostlaan.

In 2017 a pilot project was proposed to have a night-time metro service from Rotterdam to Pijnacker.^[2] The municipal council rejected the stop at Pijnacker-Centrum station for the night service because of noise pollution.^[3]

Train services

The following services currently call at Pijnacker Centrum:

Service	Route	Material	Frequency
E	Slinge	RET Metro[4]	6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

Bus service

These service departs from near the station, on the Oostlaan, one level higher than the station:

• 455 (
  Delft University - Delft NS) (operated by RNET
  )

Gallery

• 
  The old station building.
• 
  An Olympic ICM train set at the temporary station in May 2006.

References