Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn railway line

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Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn
A Flirt series train at Gouda station
A Flirt series train at Gouda station
Section of the Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn railway line
Route length: 17.6 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Top speed: 100 km / h
Province : South Holland
course
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Utrecht
Station, station
 0 Gouda cheese
   
 Gouwe
   
 to Rotterdam
Road bridge
 A 20
   
 to The Hague
Road bridge
 A 12
Station, station
 6th Waddinxveen triangle
Stop, stop
 8th Waddinxveen
Stop, stop
 9 Waddinxveen Noord
Station, station
 11 Boskoop Snijdelwijk
Station, station
 12 Boskoop
   
 N 11
   
 from Woerden
Station, station
 18th Alphen aan den Rijn
Route - straight ahead
 after suffering

The Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn railway is a railway line between the cities of Gouda and Alphen aan den Rijn in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland . It runs through the Groene Hart landscape and has a length of 17.6 kilometers.

history

At the end of the 19th century, with the construction of the Haarlemmermeer railway lines, the first plans for a railway connection between Gouda, Boskoop and Alphen aan den Rijn were drawn up. The route was laid out in 1916. After the land along the planned route had been purchased in 1925, it was finally decided in 1928 to lay out the route. Due to the poor quality of the soil, construction lasted until 1934. In this phase, the Waddinxveen and Boskoop stations were built in addition to the Gouda and Alphen aan den Rijn stations. On October 7, 1934, the single-track line was put into operation. The electrification of the railway line was completed in 1956. A new stop on the territory of the municipality of Waddinxveen was opened with the Waddinxveen Noord station on June 3, 1973. Between 2003 and 2009 the Nederlandse Spoorwegen operated the route with trams from HTM Personenvervoer . Since the 2017 annual timetable, trains have been running on the route as part of the R-net . Boskoop Snijdelwijk station opened on December 10, 2017. Two months later, on February 12, 2018, the Waddinxveen Triangel station went into operation.

Train stations

Route connections

The following lines operate on the Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn line in the 2019 annual timetable :

Train type Line course frequency
sprinter Alphen aan den Rijn  - Gouda every half hour; Part of the R-net traffic concept
sprinter Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda every half hour; Part of the R-net traffic concept

Individual evidence

  1. ^ R-net op Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda. In: prorail.nl. ProRail BV , accessed March 1, 2019 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Station Boskoop Snijdelwijk geopend. In: omroepwest.nl. Omroep West, December 11, 2017, accessed March 1, 2019 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Anne Kompagnie: Uitstappen op Triangle: derde station Waddinxveen in gebruik. In: AD . De Persgroep Nederland , February 12, 2018, accessed March 1, 2019 (Dutch).

Web links

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