Gouda railway station

Gouda
Gouda railway station
Station statistics
Address	Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°01′03″N 4°42′20″E
Lines	Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Gouda–Den Haag railway Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Other information
Opened	21 May 1855
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Location

A RijnGouweLijn train on platform 9 of the railway station in Gouda

Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, The Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. The Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934.

Trains running between Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal and Utrecht Centraal call at the station, as well as the RijnGouweLijn connection to Alphen a/d Rijn.

In November 1944, during World War II, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the Royal Air Force. The main building of the railway station was severely damaged; traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5. In 1948 a new building was constructed out of the remaining first floor of the old building. This was replaced by the current building in 1984.

Train services

The following train services call at Gouda:

• 1x per hour intercity service The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen
• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1x per hour intercity service The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
• 1x per hour intercity service The Hague - Utrecht
• 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Deventer
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam - Gouda Goverwelle
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Gouda - Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Gouda Goverwelle

Preceding station		Nederlandse Spoorwegen		Following station
Den Haag Centraal Terminus		NS Intercity 500		Utrecht Centraal toward Groningen
Rotterdam Alexander toward Rotterdam Centraal		NS Intercity 500		Utrecht Centraal toward Leeuwarden
Den Haag Centraal Terminus		NS Intercity 1700		Utrecht Centraal toward Enschede
Rotterdam Alexander toward Rotterdam Centraal		NS Intercity 1700		Utrecht Centraal toward Enschede
Den Haag Centraal Terminus		NS Intercity 2000		Utrecht Centraal Terminus
Rotterdam Alexander toward Rotterdam Centraal		NS Intercity 2800		Utrecht Centraal toward Amersfoort
Gouda Goverwelle toward Uitgeest		NS Sprinter 4000		Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel toward Rotterdam Centraal
Waddinxveen toward Alphen aan den Rijn		NS Sprinter 9500		Terminus
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel toward Rotterdam Centraal		NS Sprinter 9700		Gouda Goverwelle Terminus
Zoetermeer Oost toward Den Haag Centraal		NS Sprinter 9800		Gouda Goverwelle toward Utrecht Centraal
Waddinxveen toward Leiden Centraal		NS Stoptrein 19500		Terminus
Zoetermeer Oost toward Den Haag Centraal		NS Stoptrein 19800		Gouda Goverwelle Terminus

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