Weesp railway station
- Railway Weesp - Lelystad ( 0.0 km )
- Railway line Amsterdam - Zutphen ( 13.2 km )
- Railway Weesp - Leiden ( 142.4 km )
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The Weesp station is a station separation of the Dutch railway company NS in the northeastern Dutch city of Weesp. It is an important change junctions southwest of Amsterdam.
History
The first station was built in 1872 with the under construction section Amsterdam - Amersfoort train Amsterdam- Zutphen. 1918 came west of the station into one of the most serious rail accidents in the Netherlands, in which 41 people died.
The first station building was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a new building, which was used until 1985. Parts of it are still used to store bicycles. In 1985 the station was expanded. Until then, he had two tracks. With the planned opening of the railway line to Lelystad, but should run over the station three lines, causing the expansion to four tracks was necessary. 1987, at the opening of the railway line Weesp - Lelystad, the new facility was completed with four tracks on two central platforms.
Since Weesp is mainly used by commuters and transit passengers, the tracks are arranged in the direction of operation. 2003 Gooiboog, a transfer structure, which allows trains from Utrecht, built to go directly to Lelystad. Until then, had to commute from direction Utrecht with target Flevoland, change always in Weesp.