Purmerend Overwhere is a suburb railway station in Purmerend

Purmerend

Purmerend is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.The city is surrounded by polders, such as the Purmer, Beemster and the Wormer. The city became the trade center of the region but the population grew relatively slow. Only after 1960 did the population...

, 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 opened in 1971, and lies 2 km north of Purmerend

Purmerend railway station

Purmerend is the railway station in the centre of Purmerend, the Netherlands. The station opened on 20 May 1884 as part of the Zaandam–Hoorn railway, extended to Enkhuizen in 1885. The original station building was destroyed in World War II...

. The station is on the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway

Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway

The Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Zaandam to Enkhuizen, passing through Purmerend and Hoorn. The line was opened between 1884 and 1885 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij.-Stations:...

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Train services

The following train services call at Purmerend Overwhere:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoofddorp - Zaandam - Hoorn Kersenboogerd

From December 2008, the direct connection with Amsterdam Centraal and Enkhuizen was lost, due to the Stoptrain 4500 becoming an Intercity, not stopping between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Hoorn. Therefore it is recommended to travel to Zaandam/Amsterdam Sloterdijk and change for Amsterdam.