Weesp railway station
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| Coordinates | 52°18′47″N 5°2′37″E / 52.31306°N 5.04361°ECoordinates: 52°18′47″N 5°2′37″E / 52.31306°N 5.04361°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Amsterdam–Zutphen railway Weesp–Lelystad railway Weesp–Leiden railway |
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| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1874 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | Wp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Nederlandse Spoorwegen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weesp is a railway station in Weesp, the Netherlands. The station has 2 island platforms and it has a total of 6 tracks, from which 2 tracks are for passing trains. The first station in Weesp opened its doors in 1874, when the Gooilijn from Amsterdam to Hilversum and Amersfoort was completed. The original station was demolished in 1967 and replaced by a new building. The new building partially went out of service in 1985 because of the new railway line from Weesp to Almere and beyond, called the Flevolijn. The out-of-service part was later converted to a bicycle parking and repair shop. The remaining station is little more than a tunnel passing under the tracks, and a small coffee counter.
Since the opening of the Flevolijn, Weesp has been a major transfer station for passengers travelling from Amsterdam Central Station and Schiphol on the one hand, and suburbs such as Almere and Hilversum on the other. Due to this circumstance, Weesp features 16 departures per hour. Until 2003, also passagers travelling between Hilversum and Almere had to change at Weesp. In that year a new branch, the Gooiboog, was added to connect the line towards Almere with the line towards Naarden-Bussum railway station and Hilversum.
The traveling time from Weesp to Amsterdam Centraal by train is about 15 minutes. The distance between the two is about 15 kilometers.
[edit] Train services
The following train services call at Weesp:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Den Haag - Leiden - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Almere Oostvaarders
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Amsterdam - Almere Oostvaarders
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Utrecht - Hilversum - Schiphol - Leiden
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort Vathorst
[edit] Bus services
Weesp railway station is located in the zone 'Weesp' number 5836. It is 3 zones to Amsterdam City Centre.
| Bus Service | Operator | From | To | Via | Frequency | Notes |
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| 49 | GVB | Station Weesp | Station Bijlmer ArenA | Weesp, Driemond, Diemen Sniep, Gaasperplas Metro, Bijlmer Park, Holendrecht | 2x per hour, 1x per hour Evening and Sunday | City Service |
| 106 | Connexxion | Station Weesp | Station Hilversum | Weesp Central, Nederhost den Berg, Horstermeer, Kortenhoef | 1x per hour | |
| 110 | Connexxion | Station Weesp | Station Naarden-Bussum | Muiden, Muiderberg, Naarden | 2x per hour, 1x Evening and Sunday | |
| 122 | BBA/Veolia | Station Weesp | Station Utrecht Overvecht | Nigtevecht, Loenen, Nieuw Loosdrecht | 1x per hour, At peak hours Weesp - Loenen section is 2x per hour. |
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