Hoek van Holland Strand metro station

Hoek van Holland Strand
Rotterdam Metro station
General information
Location	Hook of Holland Netherlands
Coordinates	51°59′10″N 4°6′24″E
Operated by	Rotterdam Metro
Line(s)	Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	Hlds
History
Opened	31 March 2023
Services
Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Terminus Line B Hoek van Holland Haven towards Nesselande
Location Hoek van Holland Strand Location within Southwest Randstad Show map of Southwest Randstad Hoek van Holland Strand Hoek van Holland Strand (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

Hoek van Holland Strand metro station is a metro station in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Netherlands. It consists of two tracks with side platforms. Its former site was the terminus of the Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway to Rotterdam when it opened on 1 June 1893. Its name is derived from the nearby North Sea beach, strand being Dutch for “beach”.

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen stopped operating the line, including Hoek van Holland Strand railway station, on 1 April 2017, and the line was transferred to the Rotterdam Metro. Metro line B service opened as far as the preceding station, Hoek van Holland Haven metro station, on 30 September 2019.^[1]

After reconstruction of the rail infrastructure and the facilities, the opening of the replacement metro station took place on 31 March 2023, at which time it again became the western terminus of the line.^[2]

Platform 2

The new station is about 1 km further west than the original station, which had become almost 1 km inland after construction of the Maasvlakte moved the shoreline west. The new terminus is once again at the beach.

Train services

The station reopened on 31 March 2023 and has a roughly 20 min service frequency towards Rotterdam City

References

1. "Information about the Hoekse Lijn" [Information about the Hoek van Holland line]. Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. "Metro pas in 2021 door naar Hoek van Holland Strand" (in Dutch). Treinreiziger.nl. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

External links

• Dutch Public Transport journey planner