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Rotterdam Centraal station (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm sɛnˈtraːl]; English: Rotterdam Central station) is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Railway stations in Rotterdam" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Rotterdam Blaak station; C.
Stations are generally named after the town they serve. In cases where a town is served by more than one station, additional designations specify the station's status or location, for example: Centraal (abbreviated "CS"): "Central" – a town's most important station with more than 40,000 daily passengers.
Rotterdam Zuid was first opened on 2 May 1877 as a station on the Breda–Rotterdam railway (Staatslijn I). To the north was the Hefbrug, connecting the rail tracks from the north and the south of Rotterdam, and to the south was Barendrecht. The area around the station was less developed than today.
Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or east–west line ( Dutch : Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn ).
The Dutch National Railway Company (Nederlandse Spoorwegen/NS) was founded in 1837 and tasked with building the Dutch railway network. [9] The first Dutch railway was built and opened in 1839 on a short stretch between Amsterdam and Haarlem , and was expanded between 1840 and 1847 to The Hague and Rotterdam . [ 10 ]
The railway station is located in the borough of IJsselmonde. The station opened on 1 June 1964 with wooden platforms and no more than a trailer for ticket sales. On 12 September 1968 a station building was opened; the current station building dates from 1996. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. [1]
ICNG train at Rotterdam Central station. The Koploper (ICM) (Intercitymaterieel) is a 3- or 4-car multiple unit that when coupled with another one, allowed passengers to walk through (the name Koploper being a play on words – literally "head walker", but in actual use meaning "front runner"). NS decided to close the doors permanently on 31 ...