Rotterdam Centraal station
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Rotterdam Centraal station (Dutch pronunciation:
History
Before World War II, Rotterdam did not have a central railway station - instead there were four stations in and around the city centre:
- Amsterdam CS and eastbound trains towards Dordrecht
- Rotterdam Beurs: towards Dordrecht, connected to Delftsche Poort
- Rotterdam Maas: terminus for eastbound trains to Gouda and Utrecht
- Den Haag HS, also going to Scheveningen.
Delftse Poort station was badly damaged by bombing in the
On 9 February 1968 Princess Beatrix opened the first metro line in the Netherlands at Centraal station. The line connected the station to the south of Rotterdam and is now known as Line D. The first subway station had an island platform with two tracks. On 28 September 2009, a new and more spacious underground station opened right next to the old one, which was immediately demolished. The new station has two island platforms with three tracks.
The mainline station nowadays has seven island platforms with thirteen platform tracks. There are three tracks without platform (tracks 2, 5 and 10). In 2007, it was used by approximately 110,000 passengers a day.
The 1957 station building was closed in 2007 and demolished the next year - making it the first major post-war railway station in the Netherlands to be taken down to make way for a new one. The new station was completed and opened in 2014.
New Rotterdam Centraal
A total reconstruction of the station and its surroundings started in 2004 to cope with an increasing number of trains, for example the high-speed train between Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, and to accommodate for RandstadRail. Furthermore, the existing station, especially the passenger tunnel, also became too small to handle the growing number of passengers. Traveller numbers were projected to be 320,000 per day in 2025. To cope with this increase, a new station was necessary.
In June 2004, ProRail, NS and the Municipality of Rotterdam awarded the contract to Team CS, a cooperative between Benthem Crouwel Architekten, MVSA Meyer & Van Schooten Architects, and West 8, for transforming the existing plans into a design for the new Central Station.
On 16 May 2006 Mayor Ivo Opstelten revealed a work of Onno Poiesz consisting of the word EXIT, which was mounted behind the windows of the facade. Some of the letters "CENTRAAL STATION" that stood on the roof of the station until its closing were put in a different order by Peter Hopman and Margien Reuvekamp of Bureau Lakenvelder to read "TRAAN LATEN" ("SHED A TEAR"). The final closure of the outdated station took place on 2 September 2007 in the presence of Mayor Opstelten, to allow for the demolition of the station. Between 16 January 2008 and the end of March 2008 the station was completely demolished.
Passengers then, for years, had to use amenities housed in a temporary shelter, a smurf-blue building complex on Conrad Street on the northeast corner of the
In addition to the railway station, the old metro station of Rotterdam Centraal with two tracks and an
On 26 March 2014, one of the 60-year-old trees that had to 'move' to allow for the renovation of the station area was placed on Conrad Street.
On 4 February 2020, the
Destinations
As one of the four main stations in the Netherlands, Rotterdam Centraal is well connected with cities all over the country. Major destinations include: Amsterdam, Amersfoort, Bergen op Zoom, Breda, Dordrecht, Delft, The Hague (Den Haag), Eindhoven, Gouda, Groningen, Haarlem, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Middelburg, Roosendaal, Tilburg, Utrecht, Venlo, Vlissingen and Zwolle.
There are also international services to Antwerp, Brussels and Paris up to fourteen times a day and to Disneyland Paris twice per day.
Train services
As of 15 December 2019[update], the following train services call at this station:
- International service
- Thalys: Amsterdam – Rotterdam Central – Antwerp – Brussels – Chambéry – Bourg-Saint-Maurice (in winter)
- Thalys: Amsterdam – Rotterdam Central – Antwerp – Brussels – Avignon – Marseille (in summer)
- Thalys: Amsterdam – Rotterdam Central – Antwerp – Brussels – Paris
- Thalys: Amsterdam – Rotterdam Central – Antwerp – Brussels – Aéroport Charles de Gaulle - Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy
- Eurostar: Amsterdam – Rotterdam Central – Brussels – London
- Intercity Direct: Amsterdam – Schiphol – Rotterdam Central – Breda – Noorderkempen – Antwerp – Mechelen – Brussels Airport Zaventem – Brussels South/Midi
- Intercity : The Hague HS – Rotterdam Central – Breda – Noorderkempen – Antwerp – Mechelen – Brussels Airport Zaventem – Brussels South/Midi
- Express services
- Intercity: Rotterdam Central – Gouda – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Assen – Groningen
- Intercity: Rotterdam Central – Gouda – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Meppel – Steenwijk – Heerenveen – Leeuwarden
- Intercity Direct: Amsterdam – Schiphol – Rotterdam Central – Breda
- Intercity Direct: Amsterdam – Schiphol – Rotterdam Central
- Intercity: The Hague – Delft – Rotterdam Central – Breda – Tilburg – Eindhoven
- Nachtnet: Rotterdam Central – Gouda/Delft – The Hague HS – Leiden – Schiphol – Amsterdam – Utrecht
- Intercity: Vlissingen – Middelburg – Goes – Bergen op Zoom – Roosendaal – Dordrecht – Rotterdam Central – Schiedam – Delft – The Hague HS – Leiden – Haarlem – Amsterdam
- Intercity: Dordrecht – Rotterdam Central – Schiedam – Delft – The Hague HS – Leiden – Schiphol – Amsterdam Zuid – Duivendrecht – Almere – Lelystad **
- Intercity: Rotterdam Central – Gouda – Utrecht
- Nachtnet: Rotterdam Central – Dordrecht – Breda – Tilburg – Eindhoven
- Only during evening and on Sundays:
- Intercity: Dordrecht – Rotterdam – Schiedam – Delft – The Hague HS – Leiden – Schiphol – Amsterdam Zuid – Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA – Utrecht – 's-Hertogenbosch – Eindhoven – Helmond – Deurne – Horst Sevenum – Blerick – Venlo**
- Local services
- Sprinter: Uitgeest – Zaandam – Amsterdam – Breukelen – Woerden – Gouda – Rotterdam Central
- Sprinter: The Hague – Delft – Rotterdam Central – Dordrecht
- Sprinter: The Hague – Delft – Rotterdam Central – Dordrecht
- Sprinter: Rotterdam Central – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle
Metro services
Rotterdam Centraal currently serves as a terminus for
Tram services
The station is served by almost all lines in the Rotterdam tramway network (4, 7, 8, 12, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 25) and are operated by RET
The routes of the trams are as follows:
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4 | Eendrachtsplein Metro station - Centraal Station - Weena - Oude Noorden - Station Noord - Hillegersberg - Molenlaan
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7 | Willemsplein - Willemskade - Erasmus Universiteit
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8 | Spangen - Beurs Metro station - Lijnbaan - Centraal Station - Weena - Oude Noorden - Station Noord - Kleiweg
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12 | Centraal Station - Weena - Wilhelminaplein Metro station - Kop van Zuid - De Kuip (Stadion Feijenoord)
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Special tram line that operates only at concerts at De Kuip
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20 | Kreekhuizen - Beurs Metro station - Lijnbaan - Centraal Station
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Weekdays rush hours only |
21 | De Esch - Woudestein - Station Schiedam Nieuwland - Schiedam, Bachplein - Schiedam, Woudhoek
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Not on evenings and Sunday mornings |
23 | Beverwaard - Keizerswaard - IJsselmonde - Marconiplein Metro station
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24 | De Esch - Woudestein - Station Schiedam Nieuwland - Schiedam, Bachplein - Vlaardingen, Holy
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25 | Barendrecht, Carnisselande - Zuidwijk - Randweg - Laan op Zuid - Melanchtonweg Metro station - Schiebroek
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Bus services
- 33 Rotterdam Centraal - Blijdorp Zoo - Overschie - Rotterdam-The Hague Airport - Meijersplein Metro
- 38 Crooswijk - Rotterdam Centraal - Oud-Mathenesse - Schiedam Centrum
- 40 Rotterdam Centraal - Blijdorp Zoo - Overschie - Delft University - Delft
- 44 Rotterdam Centraal - Erasmus University Medical Center - Carnisse - Zuidplein
- Eurolines
- Flixbus
There are also 13 nightbus lines operating every Friday and Saturday.
Amenities
The new travelers passage includes two supermarkets, a HEMA, a range of take-away food options, and two branches of Starbucks. There is also a "Station Living room".[10] The south side features an underground bicycle parking for over 5,000 bicycles. Both the north and the south side have taxi stops. Under the Kruisplein an underground parking garage has been built with a water storage facility on top; This garage is accessible from the south (=west-east) tube of the Weena Tunnel and will be connected to the parking garage under the Schouwburgplein.
See also
References
- ^ "Vijf weetjes over het jarige Rotterdam Centraal". Prorail.nl. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Rotterdam Centraal station reopens with a pointed metal-clad entrance, Alyn Griffiths, 22 March 2014
- ^ King Willem Alexander opens new Rotterdam Central Station
- ^ "Rotterdam Centraal station to be modified for Eurostar services".
- ^ "Transport Secretary hails new horizons for rail travel across Europe". Gov.uk. HM Government. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Eurostar transforms link between London and Amsterdam with services now direct both to and from the Netherlands". Eurostar. 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Hampson, Laura (30 April 2020). "Amsterdam to London Eurostar launch delayed due to coronavirus pandemic". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- EURACTIV. 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Lancering Eurostar Amsterdam - Londen uitgesteld". 26 March 2020.
- ^ "NS Stations - StationsHuiskamer" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.