Baarn is a railway station on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway and the Den Dolder–Baarn railway. It is located in Baarn

Baarn

Baarn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht.-The municipality Baarn :The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, Eembrugge, Lage Vuursche.- The town Baarn :...

, 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 is operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

 (NS). The station was opened on 10 June 1874.

Baarn station is the station the Dutch royal family use, when arriving/leaving Soestdijk Palace

Soestdijk Palace

Soestdijk Palace is a former palace of the Dutch royal family. It consists of a central block and two wings.Although named after the village of Soestdijk, which is largely in the municipality of Soest, the Soestdijk Palace is just north of the border in the municipality of Baarn in the province of...

. For this use it has a royal waiting room.

The station has 4 platforms

Railway platform

A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms, with larger stations having multiple platforms...

. Platform 1 is joined to the station building. This platform is out of use. Platforms 2 and 3 form an island platform and are for trains to Amersfoort

Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...

 and Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

. Platform 4 is used for trains to/from Utrecht Centraal

Utrecht Centraal railway station

Utrecht Centraal is the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is the largest railway station in the Netherlands in terms of size, with fourteen platforms With Utrecht being located centrally in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is also the largest station in terms...

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In the early days, the HSM

Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij

The Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij or HSM was the first railway company in the Netherlands founded on 8 August 1837 as a private company, starting operation in 1839 with a line between Amsterdam and Haarlem...

 had a railway station, for trains to Amsterdam and Amersfoort, this was on the Oosterspoorweg, and the nearby station Baarn Buurtstation, which was for the train to Utrecht. In 1938 the companies became part of the station NS, however Baarn Buurtstation was not closed until the Stichtse lijn was electrified in 1948. The station was rebuilt, with a platform 4 for the Utrecht train, to prevent delays of Intercitys passing through the station. Platform 1 is no longer used for passenger services. It was finished in March 2009.

Train services

The following train services call at Baarn:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Utrecht - Baarn
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort Vathorst

Platform	Trains To
2	Hilversum, Hilversum Noord, Bussum Zuid, Naarden-Bussum, Weesp, Diemen, Amsterdam Muiderpoort, Amsterdam Centraal
3	Amersfoort, Amersfoort Schothorst, Amersfoort Vathorst
4	Soestdijk, Soest, Soest Zuid, Den Dolder, Bilthoven, Utrecht Overvecht, Utrecht Centraal

Bus services

Bus Service	Operator	From	To	Via	Frequency
72	Connexxion Connexxion Connexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and far northern part of the country. It was formed in 1999 as result of a fusion between the public transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French...	Soestdijk Noord	Bunschoten-Spakenburg	Station Baarn, Baarn Town Centre, Baarn North, Bunschoten-Spakenburg	1x per hour. Not Evenings or Sundays
73	Connexxion Connexxion Connexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and far northern part of the country. It was formed in 1999 as result of a fusion between the public transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French...	Soestdijk Noord	Eemnes	Station Baarn, Meander Hospital, Baarn West, Baarn Northwest, Eemnes South	1x per hour. Not Evenings or Sundays