Alphen aan den Rijn railway station

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The Alphen station is a separation station in the town of Alphen aan den Rijn, located in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located on the railway line Woerden - suffering, of which the railway Gouda - Alphen branches here, and is an Intercity stop.

  • 4.1 City bus ( Connexxion )
  • 4.2 Streeklijnen ( Connexxion )
  • 4.3 Interliner ( Connexxion )

History

The station was in 1878 after the construction of the track and the building by the Spoorweg - Maatschapij suffering - opens Woerden. Because of strong subsidence of the building within a year had to be torn down, the almost identical new building was opened on December 1, 1879.

1915, the station was connected with Uitgeest, this railway line was closed and torn down in 1936. 1932, the station was enlarged with the opening of the railway Gouda - Alphen aan den Rijn. 2004 the station was the construction of a new platform and commissioning of track 4 for the S -Bahn -like trial operation of the RijnGouwelijn on the routes Gouda - adapted Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen and. The platform is currently no longer in operation.

The train station is located just south of the center of the city. For a long time - until the construction of the district Kerk en Zanen - he was on the edge of town.

New

The municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn since 1998, has been dealing with plans for the station area. The end of 2006, work began. An important change is the construction of bicycle and pedestrian tunnel under the tracks. The original station building was demolished in 1879 from 2007. In July and August 2008, the first part of the tunnel (track 1 and 2 ) was applied. In summer 2009, the tunnel was completed by the further construction under the tracks 3 and 4. Since 20 March 2010, the tunnel is to use.

Railway operation

Railway Gouda - Alphen aan den Rijn

Shortly after the opening of the railway Gouda - Alphen went only 10-15 trains per day between the two stations. After a few years, the number was increased, some trains also went on to Leiden Centraal. With the 1950 carried out electrification of the line Woerden - suffering these trains ended up back in Alphen aan den Rijn.

The trains to Gouda drove every hour, supplemented by some trains in the rush hours. Since 1970, the trains run every half hour from 1985 also drove back a few trains in the rush hour further suffering. After a few years, the number of trains was increased to Leiden. Between 2002 and 2009, the Stoptrein was driven to Gouda especially with A32 Swift light rail vehicles. After the connection is re- traversed with normal vehicles of NS.

Railway Woerden - Leiden

Bus station

The bus station was moved laterally during the construction works to the car park on the Havenstraat. In the future, but the bus station to return to the station forecourt again. Many start the trains running bus lines here and end at the station.

City bus ( Connexxion )

  • 73: Station - Kerk & Zanen - Rijnhaven - Station
  • 74: Station - Rijnhaven - Kerk & Zanen - Station
  • 75: Station - Ridderveld - Herenhof - Centrum - Station
  • 77: Station - center - Herenhof - Ridderveld - Station

Streeklijnen ( Connexxion )

Interliner ( Connexxion )

  • 370: Alphen aan den Rijn - Leimuiden - Schiphol Plaza / NS
  • 380: Alphen aan den Rijn - Hazerswoude - Zoetermeer - The Hague
  • 381: Alphen aan den Rijn - Hazerswoude - Zoetermeer - The Hague
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