Weesp–Leiden railway

The railway line Weesp - Leiden, also called Schiphollijn, is a railway line between Weesp and suffering. The railway is an important compounds and runs south through Amsterdam and operated not by the Amsterdam Centraal railway station. The distance is about 53 kilometers.

History

The first section of the route between Amsterdam Zuid and Schiphol, was opened on 21 December 1978. On 31 May 1981, the second section between Amsterdam -Zuid and Amsterdam RAI and the section between Schiphol and suffering was. The last section of Weesp to the train station Amsterdam RAI was opened on 23 May 1993. The railway line was electrified from the start. The route is double track, except for the section between Weesp and the branch Gaasperdammerweg, where trains continue towards Amsterdam CS. The top speed of the track is 160 km / h but only on the stretch between Leiden and Hoofddorp, but which is driven only by the Thalys trains. In the largest part of the route the speed limit applies to 140 km / h On the section in the south of Amsterdam applies 130 km / h Are nine railway stations as well as a in- planning breakpoint on the railway line.

Train services

The Roadmap 2013, the route is used by the following features, taking advantage of only the two InterCity trains from The Hague to Leeuwarden and Groningen and the Sprinter from The Hague to Utrecht the route to full length. Trains between Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal only on a very short section.

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  • Railway line in the Netherlands
  • Transport structure in North Holland
  • Traffic building in South Holland
Weesp railway station A9 motorway (Netherlands) Diemen Zuid railway station Duivendrecht railway station Amstel Amsterdam RAI railway station Amsterdam Zuid railway station Schiphol railway station Hoofddorp railway station Leiden Centraal railway station Fyra Rotterdam Centraal railway station Utrecht Centraal railway station Nijmegen railway station Eindhoven railway station Sittard Almere Zwolle railway station Groningen railway station Leeuwarden railway station Roosendaal railway station Dordrecht railway station Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station Ouder-Amstel Hilversum Amersfoort railway station Tilburg railway station Breda railway station Delft railway station Den Haag Centraal railway station Zaandam railway station Hoorn railway station Hoorn Hilversum railway station
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