Utrecht Central Station
| Utrecht Centraal | |
|---|---|
 The station after the renovation (2018)
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Junction station |
| Design | Riding station |
| Platform tracks | 16 |
| abbreviation | Ut |
| IBNR | 8400621 |
| opening | December 18, 1843 |
| Website URL | NS info page |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Benthem Crouwel |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Utrecht |
| province | Utrecht |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 5 '21 " N , 5 ° 6' 35" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the Netherlands | |
The train station Utrecht Centraal , commonly known Utrecht CS is the main station of the Dutch city of Utrecht . It is the largest train station in the Netherlands with 16 tracks on 8 platforms, as well as the busiest train station in the Netherlands with around 1,500 trains and 194,385 (2018) passengers per day. Utrecht CS is connected to Germany every two hours via ICE International . There are direct trains to Oberhausen , Düsseldorf , Cologne and Frankfurt am Main . The station is an important hub in the heart of the Netherlands. Almost every major city in the Netherlands has a train connection with Utrecht. The station is on the Centraalspoorweg (Utrecht – Kampen), Rhijnspoorweg (Amsterdam – Arnhem), Staatslijn H (Utrecht – Boxtel) and Goudselijn (Utrecht – Rotterdam) lines.
history
The first station in what is now the station's area was opened in 1843 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened their very first station in Utrecht. In 1938 the original regional train station was converted into a main train station. At that time, the then Maliebaan station east of the city center closed and the line from Hilversum was directed to the main station.
Until 1973 the city kept the old station building from 1865 after it was completely renovated in 1936. This station building was demolished in the 1970s and partly replaced by the “Hoog Catharijne” shopping center . Since then, the station concourse has not had its own entrance, but the aisles of the shopping center lead directly into the station concourse. In 1989 the station was expanded by a platform.
The station has been completely rebuilt since 2008 and large parts of its surroundings by 2020. The hall was replaced by a glass construction by the Benthem Crouwel architects , and platform roofs are also being renewed. The bus station, which was previously on the east side of the train station, has been divided into two stops.
The station, which was converted for 420 million euros, opened on December 7, 2016. The area of the platform hall was increased from 8,000 to 25,000 m² and a bicycle station for 12,500 people was built. The number of points was reduced from 186 to 60, the permissible speed increased from 40 to up to 80 km / h. In the future, 150 trains per hour (previously 100 trains) should be able to be dispatched.
A model of the new train station can be seen in the Madurodam miniature park .
Route connections
In the 2020 annual timetable , the following lines serve Utrecht Centraal station:
| Train type | Line course | frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Intercity Express (NS International) | Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem Centraal - Oberhausen Hbf - Duisburg Hbf - Düsseldorf Hbf - Köln Hbf - Frankfurt am Main Airport - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (- Mannheim Hbf - Karlsruhe Hbf - Offenburg - Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf - Basel Bad Bf - Basel SBB ) | every two hours; daily to Basel SBB |
| Intercity | Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort Centraal - Zwolle - Groningen | hourly |
| Intercity | Leeuwarden - Meppel - Zwolle - Amersfoort Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal | hourly |
| Intercity | Maastricht - Sittard - Roermond - Eindhoven Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Utrecht Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal - Alkmaar (- Schagen - Den Helder ) | every half hour (does not run in the evening; only runs during peak hours via Schagen to Den Helder) |
| Intercity | Utrecht Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport - The Hague HS - Rotterdam Centraal | hourly (night net) |
| Intercity | The Hague Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort Centraal - Deventer - Hengelo - Enschede | hourly |
| Intercity | The Hague Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal (- Amersfoort Centraal ) | every half hour (does not run after 9 p.m.; on weekends not to Amersfoort Centraal) |
| Intercity | Rotterdam Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal | every half hour (does not run after 9 p.m.) |
| Intercity | Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven Centraal - Roermond - Maastricht | every half hour (only runs late in the evening and on Sunday mornings) |
| Intercity | Nijmegen - Arnhem Centraal - Ede-Wageningen - Utrecht Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal - Alkmaar - Den Helder | every half hour |
| Intercity | Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal - Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem Centraal - Nijmegen | every half hour (does not run after 10 p.m.) |
| Intercity | Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven Centraal - Helmond - Venlo | every half hour |
| Intercity | Dordrecht - Rotterdam Centraal - Schiedam Centrum - Delft - The Hague HS - Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Zuid - Utrecht Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven Centraal - Helmond - Venlo | every half hour (only runs in the evening and on Sundays) |
| Intercity | Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven Centraal (- Heerlen ) | every half hour (runs every hour between Sittard and Heerlen early in the morning and in the evening) |
| Intercity | Leiden Centraal - Alphen aan den Rijn - Woerden - Utrecht Centraal | every half hour |
| Intercity | Amersfoort Schothorst - Amersfoort Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Gouda - Den Haag Centraal | hourly |
| Intercity | Eindhoven Centraal - Utrecht Centraal | hourly (night net) |
| Intercity | Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort Centraal | hourly (night net) |
| Intercity | Utrecht Centraal - Driebergen-Zeist - Veenendaal-De Klomp - Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem Centraal - Elst - Nijmegen | hourly (night net) |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Hilversum - Almere Centrum | every half hour (does not run in the evening) |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Den Dolder - Baarn | every half hour |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort Centraal - Zwolle | every half hour |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Hilversum - Weesp - Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol Airport - Hoofddorp | every half hour (does not run after 8 p.m.) |
| sprinter | ( Woerden -) Utrecht Centraal - Geldermalsen - Tiel | every half hour (runs after 8 p.m. and does not run between Woerden and Utrecht Centraal on weekends) |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Houten Castellum | every half hour (only runs during peak hours) |
| sprinter | The Hague Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch | every half hour |
| sprinter | Breukelen - Utrecht Centraal - Driebergen-Zeist - Veenendaal Centrum (- Rhenen ) | every half hour (only runs during peak hours, in the evenings and on weekends) |
| sprinter | Uitgeest - Zaandam - Amsterdam Centraal - Breukelen - Utrecht Centraal - Driebergen-Zeist - Rhenen | every half hour (only runs during the day on working days) |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Gouda - Rotterdam Centraal | every half hour (drives early in the morning towards Rotterdam Centraal) |
| sprinter | Almere Centrum - Hilversum - Utrecht Centraal | every half hour (only runs in the evening) |
| sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Maliebaan | every hour (runs according to the opening times of the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum ) |
literature
- Ton Burgers, Jan Vredenberg, Herbert Boland: Verjongd stadshart. Een nieuw Utrecht Centraal , Uitgeverij Matrijs: Utrecht, 2016, ISBN 978-90-5345-509-8
- Ed van Eeden: Twintig jaar bouwen aan het station area Utrecht. Operatie open hart , Uitgeverij Matrijs: Utrecht, 2018, ISBN 978-90-5345-540-1
- Jos Zijlstra, Victor Lansink: Utrecht Centraal , WBooks: Zwolle, 2016, ISBN 978-94-6258-159-3
Web links
- Utrecht Centraal . In: treinstationinfo.nl (Dutch)
- Utrecht Centraal station . In: stationsweb.nl (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Utrecht Centraal rebuilt . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 2 , 2017, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 90 .
- ↑ Biggest, smallest and largest stations 2018. In: nieuws.ns.nl. Nederlandse Spoorwegen NV, July 4, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2019 (Dutch).