Rotterdam Alexander station
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| Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°57′7″N 4°33′10″E / 51.95194°N 4.55278°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Utrecht–Rotterdam railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B Arriva: 175, 190 RET: 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, B5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Rta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It is named after the Prins Alexander borough, and therefore indirectly after Alexander, Prince of Orange. The shopping mall Alexandrium is located near the station.[1]
Train services
The following services currently call at Rotterdam Alexander:
- 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Groningen
- 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Leeuwarden
- 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle – Woerden – Amsterdam – Uitgeest
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle (Peak hours only)
Metro service
Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or east–west line (Dutch: Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn).
See also
References
- ^ "Rotterdam Alexander". Treinstationinfo.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
External links
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
- (in Dutch) NS station information