Woerden railway station
Encyclopedia
Woerden railway station (Dutch: Station Woerden) is the railway station of Woerden
, The Netherlands. The railway station was opened on 21 May 1855 on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
. In 1911 a new building was built in Jugendstil, that still exists. During 1993-1996 the railway station was modernised, replacing the wooden roof and stairways by modern ones.
During the closing decades of the twentieth century growing numbers of stopping trains at the station and a sustained rise in the level of motorised traffic led to increasing delays both for cyclists and for motorists at the level crossing directly adjacent to the station on its western side. The matter was finally addressed early in the twenty-first century with the construction of a short section of road tunnel under the railway lines: this replaced the old level crossing.
The station has three platforms, and two entrances. On every entrance there is bicycle parking.
Woerden
Woerden is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, and the fact that it has excellent rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commuters who work in those cities.-Population...
, The Netherlands. The railway station was opened on 21 May 1855 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...
. In 1911 a new building was built in Jugendstil, that still exists. During 1993-1996 the railway station was modernised, replacing the wooden roof and stairways by modern ones.
During the closing decades of the twentieth century growing numbers of stopping trains at the station and a sustained rise in the level of motorised traffic led to increasing delays both for cyclists and for motorists at the level crossing directly adjacent to the station on its western side. The matter was finally addressed early in the twenty-first century with the construction of a short section of road tunnel under the railway lines: this replaced the old level crossing.
The station has three platforms, and two entrances. On every entrance there is bicycle parking.
Train services
The following services call at Woerden:- 2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Rotterdam
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Gouda - Utrecht