Utrecht Lunetten railway station
Encyclopedia
Utrecht Lunetten is a railway station located in Utrecht
, The Netherlands
. The station originally opened on 10 June 1874 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway
and the Hilversum–Lunetten railway (via Utrecht Maliebaan). The station closed on 15 May 1932. The station was re-opened on 25 September 1980. The services are currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
.
When new the station was just an interchange station between the Utrecht - 's-Hertogenbosch line and the Hilversum - Utrecht Lunetten services. There was no entrance/exit to the station, so its sole purpose was for the interchange of these lines.
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...
. The station originally opened on 10 June 1874 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway
Utrecht–Boxtel railway
The Utrecht–Boxtel railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Utrecht to Boxtel, passing through Geldermalsen and Boxtel. The line was opened between 1868 and 1870...
and the Hilversum–Lunetten railway (via Utrecht Maliebaan). The station closed on 15 May 1932. The station was re-opened on 25 September 1980. The services are currently 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...
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When new the station was just an interchange station between the Utrecht - 's-Hertogenbosch line and the Hilversum - Utrecht Lunetten services. There was no entrance/exit to the station, so its sole purpose was for the interchange of these lines.
Train services
The following services currently call at Utrecht Lunetten:- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch
Bus services
www.gvu.nl- 1 - Utrecht OvervechtUtrecht Overvecht railway stationUtrecht Overvecht is a suburb railway station located in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The station opened in 1968 and is on the Utrecht–Kampen railway...
- Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Lunetten - 8 - Overvecht Zuid - Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Lunetten
- 10 - Utrecht Lunetten - Utrecht Overvecht - Rijnsweerd - De Uithof (University)/ UMC (Hospital)
- 31 - Utrecht Lunetten - Rijnsweerd - De Uithof (University)/ UMC (Hospital)