Zaandam – Enkhuizen railway line

Zaandam - Enkhuizen
An Intercity on the way to Enkhuizen
Route length:	49.8 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	1.5 kV  =
Top speed:	Zaandam – Hoorn: 140 Hoorn – Enkhuizen: 100 km / h
Dual track :	Zaandam – Hoorn Kersenboogerd
Route
Legend from Amsterdam 0.000 Zaandam to Alkmaar 1,776 Zaanbrug Zaan 2.370 Zaandam Kogerveld Rijksweg 8 Rijksweg 7 4.765 Oostzaan 11.500 Purmerend Willow Venne Noordhollandsch Kanaal 13,136 Purmerend De Where 13.700 Wherebrug 14.624 Purmerend Overwhere 16.500 Kwadijk to Volendam 20.100 Middelie 23.100 Oosthuizen 25.800 Shardam 27.550 Avenhorn from Alkmaar 32,483 Hoorn Museum railway to Medemblik 34.855 Hoorn Kersenboogerd to Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek 36.625 Blokker 39.400 Westwoud 42.713 Hoogkarspel 45.200 Lutjebroek from Hoorn 46.397 Bovenkarspel -Grootebroek 47,600 Bovenkarspel flora 50,000 Enkhuizen Ferry to Stavoren

The Zaandam - Enkhuizen railway is a railway line in the Dutch province of North Holland . The approximately 50-kilometer route leads from Zaandam via Hoorn to Enkhuizen and was opened in 1860 as a branch of the Amsterdam - Den Helder railway line. Various new suburban train stations have been built along the route over the years.

history

Ferry in Einkuizen, around 1907

Hoorn station, 1974

Enkhuizen station, 2010

The line was opened on May 20, 1884 between Zaandam and Hoorn, the section from Hoorn to Enkhuizen was in operation from June 6, 1885. The Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM) was responsible for the management . Together with the railway ferry Enkhuizen - Stavoren, financed by HIJSM, and the Stavoren - Leeuwarden route , there was a direct connection from Amsterdam to the northern Netherlands. The railway ferry connection between Enkhuizen and Stavoren went into operation in 1886. While there was a comfortable transition between the train and the ferry in Enkhuizen , the situation in Stavoren was more unsatisfactory, as the connecting route was operated by the competing Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen . In 1890 the HIJSM took over the management of the route to Leeuwarden, which was a shorter connection between Amsterdam and Leeuwarden. From 1896 the management of the ferry was also transferred to the HIJSM, three years later the HIJSM procured the first railway ferry to transfer cars. After the merger of HIJSM and Staatsspoorwegen to later form the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in 1917, the importance of the ferry connection decreased. After the construction of the final dike further to the north, the line was only of regional importance, and the NS stopped ferry traffic in 1936. Until 1963 the NS maintained the ferry connection with conventional passenger ships, since then a private operator has taken on this task. With the abandonment of the train service, several intermediate stations and stops were closed at the same time .

The population increase in the region, particularly in Hoorn and Purmerend , in the 1960s led to increased demand, as a result of which the line was electrified in 1974 . At the end of 1982 the Zaandam - Purmerend section was expanded to two tracks, and the Avenhorn - Hoorn section for six months. The Purmerend Overwhere - Avenhoorn section followed in 1986 and the Hoorn - Hoorn Kersenboogerd section in 1993. In addition, several stations were opened between 1971: Purmerend Overwhere (1971), Bovenkarspel Flora (1977), Hoorn Kersenboogerd (1986), Zaandam Kogerveld (opened in 1989) and Purmerend Weidevenne (opened on December 9, 2007).

passenger traffic

In the first few years there were eight trains daily between Amsterdam and Enkhuizen, half of which went to the ferry to Stavoren. Trains between Amsterdam and Enkhuizen have been running every hour since the 1950s, and from the 1960s there was also an hourly connection between Amsterdam and Purmerend. During rush hour there were additional train connections between Amsterdam and Hoorn and between Alkmaar and Enkhuizen. From the 1970 timetable, the amplifiers between Amsterdam and Purmerend were extended to Hoorn, during the traffic peaks they were extended to Enkhuizen, while the amplifiers from Alkmaar were dropped. From 1986 there was an additional fast connection in rush hour traffic between Hoorn Kersenboogerd and Amsterdam. The trains only ran in the direction of load and only stopped in Hoorn and Amsterdam Sloterdijk . Some of the trains also ran as a stop between Hoorn Kersenboogerd and Enkhuizen.

Since 1998 the trains have been merged with the Amsterdam - Almere Buiten stop . With the opening of the Hemboog , the stop Rein Hoorn Kersenboogerd - Amsterdam was routed to Hoofddorp , until the opening of additional platforms at this connecting curve in December 2008, the trains ran through Amsterdam Sloterdijk. At the same time, the Stoptrein connection to Almere was withdrawn to Amsterdam CS. After 2008, the Hoofddorp - Hoorn Kersenboogerd connection was reduced to a half-hourly service and the Amsterdam - Enkhuizen connection was upgraded to an Intercity ; the trains do not stop between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Hoorn.

Vehicle use

Until 1929, only trains hauled by steam locomotives were to be found on the route . In 1933 the NS opened a car hall for internal combustion engines in Hoorn , which took over part of the services. From the 1950s until electrification in 1974, the class Mat '40 ( Dieselvijf ) railcars were in use on the line, since then the Mat '64 ( Apenkop ) class railcars have taken on this task. The amplifier trains were mostly hauled by railcars of the Mat '46 ( Muizeneus ) series. From 1986 the NS used the Dubbeldeksmaterieel (DDM) carriages on the amplifier trains between Amsterdam and Hoorn Kersenboogerd, and six years later also on the Stoptrein trains to Enkhuizen. Individual amplifiers were taken over by the Mat '54 series ( Hondekop ) in the early 1990s , and later the Dubbeldeksaggloregiomaterieel (DD-AR) trains were used. The connection to Hoofddorp was initially served by diesel railcars and later by DD-AR trains. The intercity connection Amsterdam - Enkhuizen has been served mainly with the multiple units of the type DD-IRM since 2009 , trains of the older type DDM also operate during rush hour.

literature

• H. Romers: De Spoorwegarchitectuur in Nederland 1841-1938 . Zutphen 1981, ISBN 90-6011-366-7 .
• C. Douma: Stationsarchitectuur in Nederland 1938–1998 . Zutphen 1998, ISBN 90-5730-009-5 .

Web links

• Martijn van Vulpen: Spoorlijn Zaandam – Enkhuizen. In: martijnvanvulpen.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Enkhuizen - Zaandam. In: sporenplan.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Overview of de Spoorlijn Zaandam- Enkhuizen. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Martijn van Vulpen: Spoorlijn Zaandam – Enkhuizen. In: martijnvanvulpen.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
4. ↑ Station Purmerend Over Everywhere. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
5. ^ Station Bovenkarspel Flora. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
6. ↑ Station Hoorn Kersenboogerd. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
7. ↑ station Zaandam Kogerveld. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch). 
8. ↑ Station Purmerend Weidevenne. In: stationsweb.nl. Retrieved May 17, 2017 (Dutch).