Arnhem Centraal railway station
Arnhem Centraal is a railway station located in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The station was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Rhijnspoorweg (Amsterdam - Emmerich), the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. The station opened at the same time as the Rhijnspoorweg.
The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers that use the station per day, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands. The main building has a surface of 18,000 m2 and a volume of 76,000 m3, the building has a capacity of 110.000 transfers per day.[1]
Reconstruction
In 2006 a reconstruction of the complete station area started. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On July 2, 2011, a new tunnel under the platforms opened. The temporary entrance closed down and dismantled in the Autumn of 2011. As of that period the railway consists of 4 platforms including a footbridge connecting all platforms.
During the summer of 2011 a new dive under was created west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to underpass all tracks without interfering the other train services. All traffic on the western part of the station was completely suspended during 5 weeks. Drive under officially opened on the 29 of August in 2011. The official re-opening of the completed station was on 19 November 2015, on this day the station was renamed Arnhem Centraal, formerly it had just been Arnhem.
The new design of the railway station was created by UNStudio[2] It won the Dutch Nationale Staalprijs.
Train services
The following services currently call at Arnhem:
- international:
- 1 daily Intercity-Express service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt Airport - Basel
- 5 daily Intercity-Express services Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Munich
- 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Basel - Zurich
- national:
- 2x per hour Intercity services Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Nijmegen
- 2x per hour Intercity services Schiphol - Utrecht - Nijmegen
- 2x per hour Intercity services Zwolle - Nijmegen - Roosendaal
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem
- 2x per hour local services (sprinter) Nijmegen - Arnhem - Zutphen
- 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem
- 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem - Winterswijk
- 1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Tiel - Elst - Arnhem (2x per hour during peak hours)
Bus Services
The bus services depart from the covered bus station under neath the Essent towers. Arnhem is known for its trolleybus service in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of city services.
Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Breng and regional services by Breng, Arriva and Syntus.
City services
- 1 Oosterbeek - Centraal Station - City Centre - Velp
- 2 Hoogkamp - City Centre - Centraal Station - Kronenburg - De Laar Oost - De Laar West
- 3 Het Duifje - City Centre - Centraal Station - Alteveer (Open Air Museum)/ Burgers Zoo
- 4 Centraal Station - Elderveld - Station Arnhem Zuid
- 5 Schuytgraaf - Station Arnhem Zuid - Centraal Station - City Centre - Presikhaaf
- 6 De Laar West - Centraal Station - City Centre - Elsweide/HAN
- 7 Rijkerswoerd - Kronenburg - Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Geitenkamp
- 8 Presikhaaf - City Centre - Holthuize
- 9 Schaarsbergen I.P.C. - City Centre - Centraal Station - Velp Ziekenhuis
- 10 Centraal Station - Sportcentrum Papendal
Regional services
- 26 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Dieren
- 27 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
- 29 Arnhem - Velp - Rheden - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
- 31 Arnhem - Kronenburg - Elst - Nijmegen
- 33 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Angeren - Doornenburg - Gendt - Bemmel - Lent - Nijmegen
- 43 Arnhem - Westervoort - Velp - Rheden - Ellecom - Dieren - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
- 51 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum - Wageningen
- 60 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
- 61 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar
- 62 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven
- 69 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
- 76 Arnhem - Driel - Heteren
- 86 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Renkum - Wageningen - Bennekom - Ede
- 88 Arnhem - Elden - De Laar - Elst
- 91 Arnhem - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
- 105 Arnhem - Barneveld
- 109 Arnhem - Hoogkamp - Wolfheze
- 231 Arnhem - De Maten (Apeldoorn) - Apeldoorn
- 300 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Bemmel - Nijmegen
Gallery
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Tunnel under the platforms opened in July 2011
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Local trains to Winterswijk and Ede-Wageningen at Arnhem
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A VIRM at the modernised Arnhem station (October 2011)
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Original Station Building (Right), Bus Station and Essent Towers
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Portal to original platform footbridge (removed 2011)
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Temporary Station Building, October 2006
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Temporary steps, from platform to temporary station building
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Arnhem Station, construction of 4th platform
References
External links
- Template:Nl icon Station Arnhem, train schedules and station facilities