Arnhem railway station
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Arnhem is a railway station located in Arnhem
, the Netherlands
. The station was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Rhijnspoorweg (Amsterdam - Emmerich), the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
. The station opened at the same time as the Rhijnspoorweg.
The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers using that use the station, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands.
In the Summer of 2011 a new dive under was opened west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to cross all the lines without having to wait for each other. This resulted in a complete suspension of all train traffic to the west of the station during some weeks in the Summer of 2011. The dive under opened on 29 August 2011.
When all the works in and around Arnhem station have come to an end, the station will be renamed Arnhem Centraal.
es still operate in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of the town services.
Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Novio (Breng
) and regional services by Arriva
, Novio and Syntus
.
Arnhem
Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The station was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Rhijnspoorweg (Amsterdam - Emmerich), the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
The Arnhem–Nijmegen railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Arnhem to Nijmegen, passing through Elst. The line was opened in 1879...
. The station opened at the same time as the Rhijnspoorweg.
The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers using that use the station, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands.
Reconstruction
In 2006 work started on rebuilding the whole station area. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On July 2, 2011, the new tunnel under the platforms was opened and the temporary entrance was closed down and dismantled. A new platform north of the three existing platforms, and a footbridge connecting the platforms, was opened in the summer of 2011.In the Summer of 2011 a new dive under was opened west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to cross all the lines without having to wait for each other. This resulted in a complete suspension of all train traffic to the west of the station during some weeks in the Summer of 2011. The dive under opened on 29 August 2011.
When all the works in and around Arnhem station have come to an end, the station will be renamed Arnhem Centraal.
Train services
The following services currently call at Arnhem:- international:
- 1 daily Intercity-Express service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Basel
- 6 daily Intercity-Express services Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Munich
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Berlin - Prague
- 1 daily EuroNight service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Berlin - Warsaw
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Basel - Zurich
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Hamburg - Copenhagen
- national:
- 2x hourly intercity services Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Nijmegen
- 2x hourly intercity services Schiphol - Utrecht - Nijmegen
- 2x hourly intercity services Zwolle - Nijmegen - Roosendaal
- 1x hourly local service (stoptrein) Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem
- 2x hourly local services (sprinter) Nijmegen - Arnhem - Zutphen
- 2x hourly local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem
- 2x hourly local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem - Winterswijk
- 1x hourly local service (stoptrein) Tiel - Elst - Arnhem
Bus Services
The bus services depart from the covered bus station by the Essent towers. Arnhem is the only place in which trolleybusTrolleybus
A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...
es still operate in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of the town services.
Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Novio (Breng
Breng
Breng is the name of the new durable public transportation concept in the Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen. Novio is the operator since December 2009, for a period of 3 years....
) and regional services by Arriva
Arriva
Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus operations in 12 countries across Europe, employs more than 47,500 people and services over 1.5 billion passenger journeys each...
, Novio and Syntus
Syntus
Syntus bv is a public transport company operating bus and passenger train services in the east of the Netherlands. It is owned jointly by NS Reizigers and Keolis...
.
City services
- 1 Oosterbeek - Centraal Station - City Centre - Malburgen/Immerloo - Het Duifje
- 2 Centraal Station - City Centre - Hoogkamp
- 3 Velp - Station Velperpoort - City Centre - Centraal Station - Alteveer (Open Air Museum)/ Burgers Zoo
- 4 Centraal Station - Vredenburg - Kronenburg
- 5 De Laar West/Schuytgraaf - Centraal Station - City Centre - Presikhaaf/Elseweide HAN
- 6 Centraal Station - City Centre - Malburgen-Oost - Kronenburg - Station Zuid - Schuytgraaf - Driel - Heteren
- 7 Rijkerswoerd - Kronenburg - Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Geitenkamp
- 13 Centraal Station - Burgers Zoo - Openluchtmuseum
- 20 Presikhaaf - Station Presikhaaf - Geitenkamp - Rijnstate Hospital - Centraal Station - Willemsplein - Malburgen-Oost - Kronenburg - Rijkerswoerd - De Laar Oost - De Laar West - Elderveld
- 21 Schaarsbergen - Hoogkamp - Het Dorp - Centraal Station - Willemsplein - Rozendaal - Velp Hospital
- 44 Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Station Presikhaaf - IJsseloord II
Night services
Please note: Other night buses operate but from Willemsplein, not the station. These operate on Friday and Saturday nights.- 12 City Centre - Centraal Station - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum
Regional services
- 26 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Dieren
- 27 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
- 29 Arnhem - Velp - Rheden - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
- 31 Arnhem - Kronenburg - Elst - Nijmegen
- 33 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Angeren - Doornenburg - Gendt - Bemmel - Lent - Nijmegen
- 43 Arnhem - Westervoort - Velp - Rheden - Ellecom - Dieren - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
- 51 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum - Wageningen
- 60 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
- 61 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar
- 62 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven
- 69 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
- 76 Arnhem - Driel - Heteren
- 86 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Renkum - Wageningen - Bennekom - Ede
- 88 Arnhem - Elden - De Laar - Elst
- 91 Arnhem - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
- 105 Arnhem - Barneveld
- 109 Arnhem - Hoogkamp - Wolfheze
- 231 Arnhem - De Maten (Apeldoorn) - Apeldoorn
- 300 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Bemmel - Nijmegen