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Train stations in the Netherlands

There are 386 train stations in the Netherlands (from December 2003).

Table of contents
1 Categories
2 Spelling
3 List of stations, with official abbreviation
4 Termini
5 New stations
6 Passenger comfort
7 Station abbreviations
8 See also
9 External links

Categories

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

However, on many lines there are only two categories of trains (intercity and local), or only one (local).

The departure schedules (see external links) show at the top the indication IC for intercity stations and S for semi-fast-train stations.

Spelling

Two-name stations are written with a dash to mean "and", and with a space if the second term provides more detail: Beek-Elsloo, but Alkmaar Noord.

List of stations, with official abbreviation

(excluding stations used during events only)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

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.

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.

New stations

New stations from December 2003:

Passenger comfort

Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from beggars, thieves, etc., but also from measures against them, e.g. the removal of benches from the hall of Den Haag Centraal station in 2003.

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 small letters, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in small letters. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital.

See also

External links

Photos

Maps