Haarlem Spaarnwoude railway station
Encyclopedia
Haarlem Spaarnwoude is a small railway station, located in Spaarnwoude, near Haarlem
, the Netherlands
. It is located on the Haarlem branch of line 10, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
(Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - Den Haag - Rotterdam). The station lies to the east of Haarlem. The N200 road (Amsterdam - Haarlem) runs parallel to the railway on the south side. The station opened on 24 May 1998. On the north side of the station is an IKEA
store.
call at this station:
s, and has no additional tracks and no railroad switch
es. Track 1 in on the south, for the direction Amsterdam, and track 2 on the north, for the direction Haarlem. Each track has its own platform
. From the north side there is an entrance to the north platform through a footbridge
over a ditch
; from the bus stop on the north side of the N200 there is an entrance to the south platform through a footbridge over another ditch. There is a footbridge over the railway and the N200. It has three stairway
s: to each platform and at the south side of the N200. These entrances and footbridges are at the west end of the platforms. The platforms extend to the east under the road bridge Keggeviaduct.
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...
, 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...
. It is located on the Haarlem branch of line 10, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
The railway from Amsterdam through Haarlem to Rotterdam runs from Amsterdam Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal through Haarlem....
(Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - Den Haag - Rotterdam). The station lies to the east of Haarlem. The N200 road (Amsterdam - Haarlem) runs parallel to the railway on the south side. The station opened on 24 May 1998. On the north side of the station is an IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
store.
Train services
The following train servicesDutch railway services
Dutch railway services is an index page of all the rail services operated in the Netherlands.Railway services in the Netherlands are operated by the following operators :*Nederlandse Spoorwegen*Syntus...
call at this station:
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam
Tracks and platforms
The station is on a line with two trackRail tracks
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers and ballast , plus the underlying subgrade...
s, and has no additional tracks and no railroad switch
Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout or [set of] points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another at a railway junction....
es. Track 1 in on the south, for the direction Amsterdam, and track 2 on the north, for the direction Haarlem. Each track has its own platform
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...
. From the north side there is an entrance to the north platform through a footbridge
Footbridge
A footbridge or pedestrian bridge is a bridge designed for pedestrians and in some cases cyclists, animal traffic and horse riders, rather than vehicular traffic. Footbridges complement the landscape and can be used decoratively to visually link two distinct areas or to signal a transaction...
over a ditch
Ditch
A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water.In Anglo-Saxon, the word dïc already existed and was pronounced 'deek' in northern England and 'deetch' in the south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank...
; from the bus stop on the north side of the N200 there is an entrance to the south platform through a footbridge over another ditch. There is a footbridge over the railway and the N200. It has three stairway
Stairway
Stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs are names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps...
s: to each platform and at the south side of the N200. These entrances and footbridges are at the west end of the platforms. The platforms extend to the east under the road bridge Keggeviaduct.