Utrecht Leidsche Rijn is a planned railway station in west Utrecht

Utrecht (city)

Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

, 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...

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History

The station is set to open in 2011. The station lies on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway

Utrecht–Rotterdam railway

The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Utrecht to Rotterdam, passing through Gouda. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858. The western terminus was originally the Rotterdam Maas station. In 1899, a connection with the Rotterdam Delftse...

 and is located between Utrecht Centraal

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...

 and Utrecht Terwijde

Utrecht Terwijde railway station

Utrecht Terwijde is a railway station on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It is located between Vleuten and the future railway station Utrecht Leidsche Rijn.The Terwijde neighbourhood is part of the Leidsche Rijn area under construction, west of Utrecht....

. The station is primarily for the housing areas, Parkwijk and Terwijde Oost. Construction of the station has started in the second half of 2009 and will have four tracks with 2 platforms. The station is to be built across the A2

A2 motorway (Netherlands)

The A2 motorway is a motorway in the Netherlands. It is one of the busiest highways in the Netherlands. The road connects the city of Amsterdam, near the interchange Amstel, with the Belgian border, near Maastricht and Liège , and the Belgian road A25....

motorway.

Train services

It is still unknown which services will call at the station.

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Bus services

It is not yet known which bus services will call at the station.

Bus service	Operator	From	To	Via	Notes