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 Show map of Northern Randstad Halfweg-Zwanenburg Halfweg-Zwanenburg (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

Halfweg-Zwanenburg (Dutch: Station Halfweg-Zwanenburg, pronounced [staːˈɕɔn 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.^[1] 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

References

1. "Feestelijke opening station Halfweg-Zwanenburg". ProRail. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

External links

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