Halfweg-Zwanenburg railway station

Halfweg-Zwanenburg
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°23′05″N 4°45′06″E
History
Opened	9 December 2012
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Haarlem Spaarnwoude towards Hoorn NS Sprinter 4800 Amsterdam Sloterdijk towards Amsterdam Centraal Haarlem Spaarnwoude towards Zandvoort NS Sprinter 5400
Location Halfweg-Zwanenburg Location within Northern Randstad Halfweg-Zwanenburg Halfweg-Zwanenburg (Netherlands)

Halfweg-Zwanenburg (Dutch: Station Halfweg-Zwanenburg, pronounced [staːˈʃɔn ˌɦɑl(ə)fʋɛxˈsʋaːnə(m)bʏr(ə)x]) is a railway station in west Halfweg and near Zwanenburg, Netherlands. It was opened on 9 December 2012 on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway

History

There was a station in Halfweg between 20 September 1839 and 2 October 1927; the new station lies roughly where the original station did. The station was opened in December 2012. The station lies on the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam - Rotterdam), between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Haarlem Spaarnwoude. The station primarily services Halfweg and Zwanenburg, but also Haarlemmerliede and other surrounding small settlements.

There was a tree planted beside the platform on 30 April 2013 in honour of King Willem-Alexander.

Train services

As of 9 December 2018, the following train services call at this station:

National rail

Train	Operator(s)	From	Via	To	Freq.	Service
Sprinter 4800	NS	Amsterdam Centraal	Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Halfweg-Zwanenburg - Haarlem Spaanwoude - Haarlem - Bloemendaal - Santpoort Zuid - Santpoort Noord - Driehuis - Beverwijk - Heemskerk - Uitgeest - Castricum - Heiloo - Alkmaar - Alkmaar Noord - Heerhugowaard - Obdam	Hoorn	2/hour	Runs only 1x per hour between Alkmaar and Hoorn after 8.00 pm
Sprinter 5400	NS	Amsterdam Centraal	Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Halweg-Zwanenburg - Haarlem Spaarnwoude - Haarlem - Overveen	Zandvoort aan Zee	2/hour

Bus services

Operator	Line	Route	Service
Connexxion	80	Amsterdam Centrum - Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS - Haarlem - Heemstede - Aerdenhout
	161	Hoofddorp - Lijnden - Boesingheliede - Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS - Zwanenburg
	680	Zwanenburg - Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS - Haarlem - Heemstede - Aerdenhout	4/day (weekdays only) toward Aerdenhout, of which the first ride terminates at Heemstede-Aerdenhout NS 2/day (weekdays only) toward Zwanenburg
	N80	Amsterdam Centrum → Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS → Haarlem Spaarnwoude → Haarlem Station → Velserbroek → Driehuis → IJmuiden	Nightbus under the brand R-Net

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)