Hoofddorp

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Hoofddorp is a town in North Holland, the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality. It has a population of 67,817 (2006). The name translates as Main Village.

Hoofddorp was founded in 1853. After the draining of the Haarlemmermeer, it was decided to establish two villages, Kruisdorp and Venneperdorp, in the centre of the polder. In 1868 they were renamed to Hoofddorp and Nieuw-Vennep respectively. The development of Hoofddorp was more prosperous than that of Nieuw-Vennep, and it rapidly became the most important place of the district, even though Badhoevedorp still had more inhabitants, due to its economic and administrative functions and favourable location.

Bustation Spaarneziekenhuis Hoofddorp - Foto: RVDS

The bus station at Spaarne Hospital in Hoofddorp is the world's biggest structure built entirely from synthetic materials: factory-cut polystyrene foam with a polyester skin. At this moment it has been painted in a sort of orange/gold color.

Railway

Railway Leiden Centraal to Schiphol (part of line 10), with stations (municipalities in bold) and official station abbreviations:

Leiden Centraal (ledn)
Nieuw Vennep (nvp) (mun. Haarlemmermeer)
Hoofddorp (hfd) (dito)
Schiphol (shl) (dito) edit

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The train station and a bus station from the special bus line around Amsterdam, the Zuidtangent, which has largely its own bus lane, with priority at crossings

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The route of the Zuidtangent: Haarlem - Hoofddorp - Schiphol Airport - Amstelveen - Amsterdam southeast The zuidtangent has several stations in each place. picuture of the route and stations of the Zuidtangent.