Bodegraven railway station
Encyclopedia
Bodegraven is a railway station in Bodegraven
, the Netherlands
. The railway station was opened in 1878, when the rail connection between Leiden
and Utrecht
was opened. The first station building had to be demolished in 1894 as a result of subsidence
. The second building was destroyed in a fire in 1911. The current station was built in 1913.
The train service at this station received modern double decker units in 2007, previously being Old stock from the 1960s
.
Bodegraven
Bodegraven is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality covers an area of 38.50 km² of which 1.02 km² is water....
, 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 railway station was opened in 1878, when the rail connection between Leiden
Leiden Centraal railway station
Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a city in the Netherlands.-History:Leiden Centraal station opened on 17 August 1842 as the southern terminal of the first expansion of the Old Line from Haarlem. The original building was replaced by a new one, designed by D.A.N. Margadant, in...
and Utrecht
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...
was opened. The first station building had to be demolished in 1894 as a result of subsidence
Subsidence
Subsidence is the motion of a surface as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea-level. The opposite of subsidence is uplift, which results in an increase in elevation...
. The second building was destroyed in a fire in 1911. The current station was built in 1913.
The train service at this station received modern double decker units in 2007, previously being Old stock from the 1960s
NS Mat '64
The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 electric multiple units were built by Werkspoor and later by Düwag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They are operated, in decreasing numbers, in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen . The class is actually called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T...
.
Train services
The following services call at Bodegraven:- 2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht