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There are 386 railway stations in the Netherlands, including 6 railway stations which are only served during events, 1 which exists only to facilitate pilgrimage to a nearby site and 1 which exists only to facilitate the Railway Museum.

Categories

This image shows the standard style of the station nameplate, white on blue, with a white square in the upper-left corner.

Stations are divided into three categories. These are, in order of decreasing importance:

• Intercity stations, where all trains (except, in some cases, international services) call.
• Rapid train (sneltrein) stations, where rapid and local trains call.
• The remaining stations, where only local trains (stoptreinen) call.

On many lines, however, there may be only two categories of trains (for example, intercity and local), or just one (local). Furthermore, some local trains – despite being called stoptreinen – do not stop at all stations: two examples are the services from Utrecht Centraal to Tiel and from Tiel to Arnhem.

On the route diagrams printed at the top of station departure sheets (see this example), intercity stations and semi-fast train stations are indicated by the letters IC and S respectively.

Spelling conventions

The practice in the Netherlands is to write the names of stations serving two communities with a hyphen (corresponding to "and") between the two names, thus: Beek-Elsloo; and to use a space where the second term specifies one of two or more stations serving one community, thus: Alkmaar Noord.

List of stations, with their official abbreviations

A

Almere Centrum

• Aalten (Atn)
• Abcoude (Ac)
• Achter de Hoven (Adh)
• Akkrum (Akm)
• Alkmaar (Amr)
  • Noord (Amrn)
• Almelo (Aml)
  • De Riet (Amri)
• Almere Centrum (Alm)
  • Buiten (Almb)
  • Muziekwijk (Almm)
  • Oostvaarders (Almo)
  • Parkwijk (Almp)
  • Strand (Alms; only during events)
• Alphen a/d Rijn (Apn)
• Amersfoort (Amf)
  • Schothorst (Amfs)
  • Vathorst (Avat)
• Amsterdam Centraal (Asd)
  • Amstel (Asa)
  • Arena (Asdar; only during events)
  • Bijlmer ArenA (Asb)
  • Lelylaan (Asdl)
  • Muiderpoort (Asdm)
  • RAI (Rai)
  • Sloterdijk (Ass)
  • Zuid (Asdz)
• Anna Paulowna (Ana)
• Apeldoorn (Apd)
  • De Maten (Apdm)
  • Osseveld (Apdo)
• Appingedam (Apg)
• Arkel (Akl)
• Arnemuiden (Arn)
• Arnhem (Ah)
  • Presikhaaf (Ahpr)
  • Velperpoort (Ahp)
  • Zuid (Ahs)
• Assen (Asn)

B

• Baarn (Brn)
• Baflo (Bf)
• Barendrecht (Brd)
• Barneveld Centrum (Bnc)
  • Noord (Bnn)
• Bedum (Bdm)
• Beek-Elsloo (Bk)
• Beesd (Bsd)
• Beilen (Bl)
• Bergen op Zoom (Bgn)
• Best (Bet)
• Beverwijk (Bv)
• Bilthoven (Bhv)
• Blerick (Br)
• Bloemendaal (Bll)
• Bodegraven (Bdg)
• Borne (Bn)
• Boskoop (Bsk)
• Bovenkarspel Flora (Bkf)
• Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek (Bkg)
• Boxmeer (Bmr)
• Boxtel (Btl)
• Breda (Bd)
  • Prinsenbeek (Bdpb)
• Breukelen (Bkl)
• Brummen (Bmn)
• Buitenpost (Bp)
• Bunde (Bde)
• Bunnik (Bnk)
• Bussum Zuid (Bsmz)

C

• Capelle Schollevaar (Cps)
• Castricum (Cas)
• Chevremont (Cvm)
• Coevorden (Co)
• Cuijk (Ck)
• Culemborg (Cl)

D

Delft

Den Haag HS

• Daarlerveen (Da)
• Dalen (Dln)
• Dalfsen (Dl)
• Deinum (Dei)
• Delden (Ddn)
• Delft (Dt)
  • Zuid (Dtz)
• Delfzijl (Dz)
  • West (Dzw)
• Den Dolder (Dld)
• Den Haag Centraal (Gvc) (The Hague)
  • Hollands Spoor (Gv)
  • Laan van Nieuw Oost Indië (Laa)
  • Mariahoeve (Gvm)
  • Moerwijk (Gvmw)
  • Ypenburg (Ypb)
• Den Helder (Hdr)
  • Zuid (Hdrz)
• Deurne (Dn)
• Deventer (Dv)
  • Colmschate (Dvc)
• Didam (Did)
• Diemen (Dmn)
  • Zuid (Dmnz)
• Dieren (Dr)
• Doetinchem (Dtc)
  • De Huet (Dtch)
  • Stadion (Dtcs; only during events)
• Dordrecht (Ddr)
  • Stadspolders (Ddrs)
  • Zuid (Ddzd)
• Driebergen-Zeist (Db)
• Driehuis (Dh)
• Dronrijp (Drp)
• Duiven (Dvn)
• Duivendrecht (Dvd)

E

Emmen

• Echt (Ec)
• Ede Centrum (Edc)
• Ede-Wageningen (Ed)
• Eindhoven (Ehv)
  • Beukenlaan (Ehb)
  • Stadion (Ehs; only during events)
• Elst (Est)
• Emmen (Emn)
  • Bargeres (Emnb)
• Enkhuizen (Ekz)
• Enschede (Es)
  • De Eschmarke (Ese)
  • Drienerlo (Esd)
• Ermelo (Eml)
• Etten-Leur (Etn)
• Eijsden
• Eygelshoven (Egh)
  • Markt (Eghm)

F

• Franeker (Fn)

G

• Gaanderen (Gdr)
• Geerdijk (Gdk)
• Geldermalsen (Gdm)
• Geldrop (Gp)
• Geleen-Lutterade (Lut)
• Geleen Oost (Gln)
• Gilze-Rijen (Gz)
• Glanerbrug (Gbr)
• Goes (Gs)
• Goor (Go)
• Gorinchem (Gr)
• Gouda (Gd)
  • Goverwelle (Gdg)
• Gramsbergen (Gbg)
• Grijpskerk (Gk)
• Groningen (Gn)
  • Europapark (Gerp)
  • Noord (Gnn)
• Grou-Jirnsum (Gw)

H

Heemstede-Aerdenhout

• Haarlem (Hlm)
  • Spaarnwoude (Hlms)
• 't Harde (Hde)
• Hardenberg (Hdb)
• Harderwijk (Hd)
• Hardinxveld-Giessendam (Gnd)
• Haren (Hrn)
• Harlingen (Hlg)
  • Haven (Hlgh)
• Heemskerk (Hk)
• Heemstede-Aerdenhout (Had)
• Heerenveen (Hr)
  • IJsstadion (Hry; only during events)
• Heerhugowaard (Hwd)
• Heerlen (Hrl)
  • De Kissel (Hrlk)
• Heeze (Hz)
• Heiloo (Hlo)
• Heino (Hno)
• Helmond (Hm)
  • Brandevoort (Hmbv)
  • Brouwhuis (Hmbh)
  • 't Hout (Hmh)
• Hemmen-Dodewaard (Hmn)
• Hengelo (Hgl)
  • Oost (Hglo)
• 's-Hertogenbosch (Ht)
  • Oost (Hto)
• Hillegom (Hil)
• Hivlersum (Hvs)
  • Sportpark (Hvsp)
  • Noord (Hvsn)
• Hindeloopen (Hnp)
• Hoek van Holland Haven (Hld)
• Hoek van Holland Strand (Hlds)
• Hoensbroek (Hb)
• Hollandsche Rading (Hor)
• Holten (Hon)
• Hoofddorp (Hfd)
• Hoogeveen (Hgv)
• Hoogezand-Sappemeer (Hgz)
• Hoogkarspel (Hks)
• Hoorn (Hn)
  • Kersenboogerd (Hnk)
• Horst-Sevenum (Hrt)
• Houten (Htn)
  • Castellum (Htnc)
• Houthem-Sint Gerlach (Sgl)
• Hurdegaryp (Hdg)

K

• Kampen (Kpn)
• Kapelle-Biezelinge (Bzl)
• Kerkrade Centrum (Krd)
• Kesteren (Ktr)
• Klarenbeek (Kbk)
• Klimmen-Ransdaal (Kmr)
• Koog Bloemwijk (Kbw)
• Koog-Zaandijk (Kzd)
• Koudum-Molkwerum (Kmw)
• Krabbendijke (Kbd)
• Krommenie-Assendelft (Kma)
• Kropswolde (Kw)
• Kruiningen-Yerseke (Krg)

L

• Lage Zwaluwe (Zlw)
• Landgraaf (Lg)
• Leerdam (Ldm)
• Leeuwarden (Lw)
  • Camminghaburen (Lwc)
• Leiden Centraal (Ledn)
  • Lammenschans (Ldl)
• Lelystad Centrum (Lls)
• Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo (Ltv)
• Lochem (Lc)
• Loppersum (Lp)
• Lunteren (Ltn)

M

• Maarn (Mrn)
• Maarssen (Mas)
• Maassluis (Mss)
  • West (Msw)
• Maastricht (Mt)
  • Randwijck (Mtr)
• Mantgum (Mg)
• Mariënberg (Mrb)
• Martenshoek (Mth)
• Meerssen (Mes)
• Meppel (Mp)
• Middelburg (Mdb)

N

• Naarden-Bussum (Ndb)
• Nieuw Amsterdam (Na)
• Nieuw Vennep (Nvp)
• Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (Nwk)
• Nieuweschans (Nsch)
• Nijkerk (Nkk)
• Nijmegen (Nm)
  • Dukenburg (Nmd)
  • Heyendaal (Nmh)
  • Lent (Nml)
• Nijverdal (Nvd)
• Nunspeet (Ns)
• Nuth (Nh)

O

• Obdam (Obd)
• Oisterwijk (Ot)
• Oldenzaal (Odz)
• Olst (Ost)
• Ommen (Omn)
• Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Nood (only during pilgrimage)
• Oosterbeek (Otb)
• Opheusden (Op)
• Oss (O)
  • West (Ow)
• Oudenbosch (Odb)
• Overveen (Ovn)

P

• Purmerend (Pmr)
  • Overwhere (Pmo)
  • Weidevenne (Pmw)
• Putten (Pt)

R

• Raalte (Rat)
• Ravenstein (Rvs)
• Reuver (Rv)
• Rheden (Rh)
• Rhenen (Rhn)
• Rijssen (Rsn)
• Rijswijk (Rsw)
• Rilland-Bath (Rb)
• Roermond (Rm)
• Roodeschool (Rd)
• Roosendaal (Rsd)
• Rosmalen (Rs)
• Rotterdam Centraal (Rtd)
  • Alexander (Rta)
  • Blaak (Rtb)
  • Lombardijen (Rlb)
  • Noord (Rtn)
  • Stadion (Rtst; only during events)
  • Zuid (Rtz)
• Ruurlo (Rl)

S

• Santpoort Noord (Sptn)
• Santpoort Zuid (Sptz)
• Sappemeer Oost (Spm)
• Sauwerd (Swd)
• Schagen (Sgn)
• Scheemda (Sda)
• Schiedam Centrum (Sdm)
  • Nieuwland (Nwl)
• Schin op Geul (Sog)
• Schinnen (Sn)
• Schiphol (Shl)
• Sittard (Std)
• Sliedrecht (Sdt)
• Sneek (Sk)
  • Noord (Sknd)
• Soest (St)
  • Zuid (Stz)
• Soestdijk (Sd)
• Spaubeek (Sbk)
• Stavoren (Stv)
• Stedum (Stm)
• Steenwijk (Swk)
• Susteren (Srn)
• Swalmen (Sm)

T

• Tegelen (Tg)
• Terborg (Tbg)
• Tiel (Tl)
  • Passewaaij (Tpsw)
• Tilburg (Tb)
  • Reeshof (Tbr)
  • West (Tbwt)
• Twello (Twl)

U

• Uitgeest (Utg)
• Uithuizen (Uhz)
• Uithuizermeeden (Uhm)
• Usquert (Ust)
• Utrecht Centraal (Ut)
  • Lunetten (Utl)
  • Maliebaan (Utm; only serving the Railway Museum)
  • Overvecht (Uto)
  • Terwijde (Utt)
  • Zuilen (Utzl)

V

Valkenburg

• Valkenburg (Vk)
• Varsseveld (Vsv)
• Veenendaal Centrum (Vndc)
  • West (Vndw)
• Veenendaal-De Klomp (Klp)
• Veenwouden (Vwd)
• Velp (Vp)
• Venlo (Vl)
• Venray (Vry)
• Vierlingsbeek (Vlb)
• De Vink (Dvnk)
• Vlaardingen Centrum (Vdg)
  • Oost (Vdo)
  • West (Vdw)
• Vleuten (Vtn)
• Vlissingen (Vs)
  • Souburg (Vss)
• Voerendaal (Vdl)
• Voorburg (Vb)
• Voorhout (Vh)
• Voorschoten (Vst)
• Voorst-Empe (Vem)
• Vorden (Vd)
• Vriezenveen (Vz)
• Vroomshoop (Vhp)
• Vught (Vg)

W

• Waddinxveen (Wad)
  • Noord (Wadn)
• Warffum (Wfm)
• Weert (Wt)
• Weesp (Wp)
• Wehl (Wl)
• Wezep (Wz)
• Wierden (Wdn)
• Wijchen (Wc)
• Wijhe (Wh)
• Winschoten (Ws)
• Winsum (Wsm)
• Winterswijk (Ww)
  • West (Www)
• Woerden (Wd)
• Wolfheze (Wf)
• Wolvega (Wv)
• Workum (Wk)
• Wormerveer (Wm)

IJ

• IJlst (IJt)

Z

• Zaandam (Zd)
  • Kogerveld (Zdk)
• Zaltbommel (Zbm)
• Zandvoort (Zvt)
• Zetten-Andelst (Za)
• Zevenaar (Zv)
• Zevenbergen (Zvb)
• Zoetermeer (Ztm)
  • Oost (Ztmo)
• Zuidbroek (Zb)
• Zuidhorn (Zh)
• Zutphen (Zp)
• Zwaagwesteinde (Zww)
• Zwijndrecht (Zwd)
• Zwole (Zl)

Termini

Below are stations with tracks only in one direction (or, with the indication *, have tracks in the other direction only for a tourist line, a freight line or to a shunting yard), with links to track lay-out maps. See also Train station#Terminus.

• Delfzijl*
• Den Haag Centraal [1]
• Den Helder [2]
• Emmen [3]
• Enkhuizen [4]
• Harlingen Haven [5]
• Hoek van Holland Strand [6]
• Kampen [7]
• Kerkrade Centrum*
• Lelystad Centrum*
• Rhenen [8]
• Roodeschool [9]
• Stavoren [10]
• Vlissingen [11]
• Zandvoort [12]

Of these, only Den Haag Centraal has nearby junctions, with railways in different directions; in fact in three directions: to Den Haag HS, Voorburg and Laan v NOI. Train route 1400 (the night train) has Den Haag Centraal on the way, with reversal of direction.

Recent stations

New stations from 2004:

• Almere Oostvaarders between Almere Buiten and Lelystad Centrum (Flevolijn)

New stations from 2005:

• Arnhem Zuid between Arnhem and Elst (line Arnhem - Nijmegen)
• Den Haag Ypenburg between Voorburg and Zoetermeer (line Den Haag - Utrecht)

New stations from 2006:

• Amersfoort Vathorst between Amersfoort Schothorst and Nijkerk (line Amersfoort - Zwolle)
• Apeldoorn De Maten between Apeldoorn and Klarenbeek (line Apeldoorn - Zutphen)
• Apeldoorn Osseveld between Apeldoorn and Twello (line Apeldoorn - Deventer)
• Gaanderen between Doetinchem and Terborg (line Winterswijk - Zevenaar)
• Helmond Brandevoort between Helmond 't Hout and Eindhoven (line Eindhoven - Venlo)
• Twello between Deventer and Apeldoorn Osseveld (line Deventer - Apeldoorn)
• Voorst-Empe between Klarenbeek and Zutphen (line Apeldoorn - Zutphen)

New stations from 2007:

• Tiel Passewaaij between Tiel and Geldermalsen (line Dordrecht - Elst)
• Utrecht Zuilen between Utrecht Centraal and Maarssen (line Utrecht Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal)
• Groningen Europapark between Groningen and Kropswolde (line Groningen - Nieuweschans)
• Eygelshoven Markt between Landgraaf and Herzogenrath (line Sittard - Herzogenrath)
• Heerlen de Kissel between Heerlen and Landgraaf (line Sittard - Herzogenrath)
• Purmerend Weidevenne between Purmerend and Zaandam Kogerveld (line Enkhuizen - Amsterdam Centraal)

Future stations

Future stations from 2008:

• Amsterdam Holendrecht
• Amsterdam Sloterdijk Hemboog (part of station Amsterdam Sloterdijk)
• Maarheeze

Future stations from 2009:

• Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer
• Barneveld Zuid
• Heerlen In de Cramer
• Hengelo Gezondheidspark
• Hoevelaken
• Kerkrade de Vink
• Maatricht Balijeweg
• Molenhoek
• Nijverdal West (temporary station until completion of new station Nijverdal in 2012)
• Sassenheim

Future stations after 2009:

• Almere Poort (2010)
• Assen Zuid (2015)
• Boven-Hardinxveld (2011)
• Breda Oost (2011)
• Dronten (2012)
• Giessendam West (2011)
• Gorinchem Papland (2011)
• Kampen Zuid (2012)
• Leerdam West (2011)
• Leeuwarden Werpsterhoek (2010)
• Meeden-Muntendam (2010)
• Nijmegen Goffert (2012)
• Nijverdal West (2010, temporary station until completion of new station Nijverdal in 2012)
• Schiedam Spaland (2012)
• Sliedrecht Baanhoek (2011)
• Utrecht Leidsche Rijn (2010)
• Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn (2015)
• Veendam (2010)
• Westervoort (2012)
• Wijchen Teersdijk (2012)
• Wijchen West (2012)
• Zevenaar Oost (2012)
• Zwanenburg-Halfweg (2011)
• Zwolle Stadshagen (2012)
• Zwolle Voorsterpoort (2012)
• Zwolle Wekeren (2012)

Platforms and tracks

Not the platforms, but the tracks are numbered. Tracks without platform access, used for through traffic, also have a number. This number is not indicated, but it shows indirectly by the fact that in the numbering of the accessible tracks a number is skipped. Track numbers are usually increasing in the direction away from the center of the city and hence away from the main entrance(s) of the station.

A track along a long platform may have an "a" and a "b"-side, and sometimes three sections "a", "b" and "c".

At many stations, above platforms and/or at their access points, there are dynamic displays of the destination and departure time of the next train, see Template:Nli.

Train tickets

Train tickets are least expensive from the ticket machines; at the counter (if available) a supplement of € 0.50 per ticket (with a maximum of €1 per occasion) has to be paid (from June 2004); in the train a much higher supplement is applicable. Furthermore from October 2005 it is further discouraged to buy tickets on board. Passengers not carrying a valid ticket are fined €40 plus the fare, unless the ticket machines were all out of order or some other exemption applies. The fine has to be paid at once. If the passenger is able to identify itself, in which case one receive a collection notice in the post.

NS division; station facilities

NS Stations is the division of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in charge of the operation of all 383 railway stations, i.e., also those served by other railway companies than NS Reizigers. A daughter company of NS Stations is Servex, which uses the brands Automaten, Brasserie, Burger King, Café T, Café T espresso, C'est du pain, Kiosk, mr. Pizza, Pizza Hut, Restauratie, Smullers, Het Station, Swirl's, and Wizzl, and owns Stationsfoodstore, which is an Albert Heijn franchise operating ca. 22 "AH to go" convenience stores on stations.

Wizzl also sells train tickets. They are typically at small stations which have no separate ticket window or counter; an exception is Rotterdam, with a Wizzl at the back side of the station, while separate ticket windows are at the front side only.

So effectively the Dutch railway company has a monopoly over virtually all railway station outlets. The net effect is little choice, bad service and high prices - exactly as economic theory predicts. For unknown reasons, the Dutch competition authority NMa so far never acted against the Dutch railways - which is in general considered as a very bad example of privatisation.

Discomfort during train journeys

Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from beggars, pickpockets etc., but also from measures against them and against homeless people, e.g. locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls. Most modern trains have quite narrow doorways, which discourages passengers to take larger pieces of luggage.

Also in most modern trains the glass doorways are quite narrow, which makes it hard to enter or leave the train.

Station abbreviations

The official abbreviations of names of stations are used internally by the NS, but also on handwritten tickets; they can also conveniently be used when entering a station in the NS planners etc. and are needed in some URLs, see below. In a station it can be found in the lower right corner of the yellow departure schedules. In most URLs (see below) they have to be written in lowercase, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in lowercase. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital letter.

Stations also have a four-digit code that is used on the keypad of older ticket machines to specify a destination.

History

Positions of multiple stations in one city, 1936

See also

• Train routes in the Netherlands
• Trains in the Netherlands
• Transport in the Netherlands
• Amsterdam Metro
• List of Rotterdam metro stations

External links

• Official abbreviations of names of stations and other railway locations:
  • http://home.planet.nl/~zon00314/naslag/geo/geo.html (with distances along the line)
  • http://www.treinen.demon.nl/htm/station.htm
• Station info:
  • http://www.ns.nl/servlet/Satellite?key=asd&cid=1072266052398&pagename=www.ns.nl%2FPage%2FStationsvoorzieningen_nieuw Includes departure schedules and maps. For other stations, change "asd" in the URL or enter their name or code at the bottom of the page. The schedules are displayed on the stations in the same format, but in characteristic yellow (or blue in the case of temporary versions). The station abbreviation is shown in the lower right corner.
• http://www.swopnet.com/waypoints/gps/netherlands5.xls - Excel file with stations, official abbreviations and coordinates.
• http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/nederlands/openbaar_vervoer/gvb/tr/stat.html - old and current stations in and around Amsterdam
• http://www.prisman.nl/rvm/pic/rvm415.gif (map of rail network nodes) and http://www.prisman.nl/rvm/B041.htm (list of nodes with adjacent nodes)
• Demo of the ticket machines installed at every station: http://webdemo.ns.nl/webdemo.e2000/ (also shows fares)

Photos

• Stationsweb: photos and info (in Dutch but easy in use) on current and old stations
• Langs de rails: photos and info on current stations and Dutch trains
• The European Railway Server: The European Railway Server, section on Dutch stations (photos)

Maps

• Schematic maps of all tracks, switches and platforms: http://www.sporenplan.nl/html_nl/sporenplan/ns/ns_normaal/start.html
• http://www.ns.nl/ :
  • railway map with all stations: search for spoorkaart
  • maps of station surroundings and station lay-out of some stations: select Nederland - Reisinformatie - Stationsvoorzieningen