Dordrecht railway station
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Dordrecht is a railway station in Dordrecht
, the Netherlands
located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway
and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between Rotterdam
and Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to Gorinchem
was opened. The neo-Renaissance railway station building is located to the south of the city centre. Dordrecht is now an important railway station on the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
railway network.
Rotterdam
, The Hague (Den Haag)
, Leiden, Haarlem
, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam
, Roosendaal, Zeeland
, Antwerpen, Brussels
, Breda
, Tilburg
, Eindhoven, Venlo
, Gorinchem
and Geldermalsen
.
At Geldermalsen there is a good service to Utrecht
, the centre of the Netherlands, where many destinations can be reached.
Dordrecht
Dordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
, 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...
located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway
Breda–Rotterdam railway
The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the Staatslijn I in Dutch...
and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to Gorinchem
Gorinchem railway station
Gorinchem is a railway station in the town of Gorinchem, the Netherlands. It is on the Elst–Dordrecht railway. It was opened on 1 December 1883. It is located on the Arriva railway line from Dordrecht to Geldermalsen....
was opened. The neo-Renaissance railway station building is located to the south of the city centre. Dordrecht is now an important railway station on 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...
railway network.
Destinations
These are some of the main destinations directly available from Dordrecht:Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, The Hague (Den Haag)
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Leiden, Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 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...
, Roosendaal, Zeeland
Zeeland
Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...
, Antwerpen, Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Breda
Breda
Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
, Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, Eindhoven, Venlo
Venlo
Venlo is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands, next to the German border. It is situated in the province of Limburg.In 2001, the municipalities of Belfeld and Tegelen were merged into the municipality of Venlo. Tegelen was originally part of the Duchy of Jülich centuries ago,...
, Gorinchem
Gorinchem
Gorinchem , also called Gorkum , is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 21.99 km² of which 3.03 km² is water...
and Geldermalsen
Geldermalsen
Geldermalsen is a municipality and a town in the western Netherlands. The municipality of Geldermalsen was formed on the 1st of January 1978 when former municipalities Beesd, Buurmalsen, Deil and Geldermalsen were joined. The new municipality with approximately 10.173 hectares is one of the...
.
At Geldermalsen there is a good service to 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...
, the centre of the Netherlands, where many destinations can be reached.
- For GoudaGoudaGouda is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted city rights in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese, smoking pipes, and 15th-century city hall....
and AmersfoortAmersfoortAmersfoort 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...
travel to Rotterdam Centraal and change onto an Intercity towards Enschede or Leeuwarden.
- For SittardSittardSittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...
, MaastrichtMaastrichtMaastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
or HeerlenHeerlenHeerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
travel to Eindhoven and change there.
- For EdeEde, Netherlands' is a municipality and a town in the center of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.- Population centres :Community :* Bennekom: 14.749* De Klomp: 508* Deelen: 50* Ede : 67.812* Ederveen: 3.167* Harskamp: 3.464...
, ArnhemArnhemArnhem 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...
travel to Rotterdam Centraal and change onto a train towards Utrecht Centraal. There change onto a train towards Nijmegen.
- For Nijmegen travel to Tilburg and change onto an Intercity to Nijmegen.
Train services
The following services call at Dordrecht:- 1 hourly intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Brussels
- 2 hourly intercity services The Hague - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
- 2 hourly intercity services Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Vlissingen (one Amsterdam - Dordrecht only)
- 1 hourly night train (nachtnet) service Rotterdam - Breda - Eindhoven (weekends only)
- 2 hourly express services (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda (one Amsterdam - Dordrecht only)
- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
- 2 hourly local services (stoptrein) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal (one The Hague - Dordrecht only)
- 4 hourly local services (stoptrein) Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen