Schiedam Centrum is a railway station and metro station

Rotterdam Metro

The Rotterdam Metro is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called Noord - Zuidlijn opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zuidplein, crossing the river Nieuwe Maas in a tunnel. It was the first metro system to open in the...

 in Schiedam

Schiedam

Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen and south of Delft...

, just to the west of 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 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 located on the railway line between Den Haag

Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station

The Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station, also known as Den Haag HS, is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam...

 (The Hague) and Rotterdam Centraal

Rotterdam Centraal railway station

Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands.-History:The station opened June 3, 1847 as the Delftsche Poort railway station. The station building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn opened in 1957 and closed on September 2, 2007...

, and forms the beginning of the railway line towards Hoek van Holland. Train services are operated by 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...

.

History

The station opened on 3rd June 1847 and was then simply called Schiedam. The railway station opened as a part of the The Hague - Rotterdam railway line. In 1856 the first major train accident in The Netherlands occurred near Schiedam causing 3 deaths. The railway line between Schiedam Centrum railway station and Hoek van Holland opened in 1891, although the part between Maassluis and Hoek van Holland opened two years later. In 1967, the station was renamed to Schiedam-Rotterdam West, and in 1998 it received its current name of Schiedam Centrum. In 1976 there was a major train disaster

Schiedam train disaster

The Schiedam train disaster took place on 4 May 1976 near the station Schiedam Rotterdam-West. The international Rhine Express boat train from Hook of Holland, which left at 07:00 CET for Munich and was hauled by NS Class 1300 electric locomotive no. 1311 Best collided with a stoptrain coming...

 near the station, resulting in 24 deaths. In 2000, the railway building was completely renewed, as part of the extension of the East-West Line of the Rotterdam Metro

Rotterdam Metro

The Rotterdam Metro is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called Noord - Zuidlijn opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zuidplein, crossing the river Nieuwe Maas in a tunnel. It was the first metro system to open in the...

, which has called at Schiedam Centrum station since November 2002.

Train services

The following services call at Schiedam Centrum:

• 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoek van Holland - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Maassluis West - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal
• peak hour services Vlaardingen Centrum - Rotterdam

Other public transport

The Rotterdam Metro

Rotterdam Metro

The Rotterdam Metro is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called Noord - Zuidlijn opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zuidplein, crossing the river Nieuwe Maas in a tunnel. It was the first metro system to open in the...

 lines A, B, and C call at the metro station, which is also called Schiedam Centrum and is located adjacent to the railway station. For lines A and B it serves as the western terminus of the line.
Several Rotterdam tram

Trams in Rotterdam

The Rotterdam tramway network is a key element of the overall public transport arrangements in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Opened in 1879, the network currently has 8 regular lines and 3 occasional lines. It has been operated since 1927 by Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram .-History:The RET has had two...

 and bus lines call at the Schiedam Centrum station. A tram stop is located near the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where RET

Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram

Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram is the main public transport operator in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It currently operates 28 bus lines, 9 tram lines and five metro/light rail lines in Rotterdam and the surrounding municipalities....

-lines 21 and 23 stop.

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