Leeuwarden railway station
Appearance
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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E / 53.19583°N 5.79111°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 27 October 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dutch Rijksmonument 24369
Leeuwarden is the main railway station in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens. Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.
Train services
The following services call at Leeuwarden:
- 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
- 1x per hour intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
- 1x per hour sprinter service Leeuwarden - Meppel
- 1x per hour express service (sneltrein) Leeuwarden - Buitenpost - Groningen
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leeuwarden - Sneek
- 1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leeuwarden - Sneek - Stavoren
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Harlingen Haven - Leeuwarden
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leeuwarden - Groningen
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Noord Friesche Locaalspoorweg-Maatschappij Stoptrein North Friesland Railway |
Leeuwarden Rijksweg |
Bus services
Bus services are operated by Arriva and Qbuzz.
Gallery
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Leeuwarden Station with Spurts
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Leeuwarden Station Building
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Inside Leeuwarden Station Building
External links
Media related to Station Leeuwarden at Wikimedia Commons