Vlaardingen Centrum metro station

Vlaardingen Centrum
Rotterdam Metro station
General information
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates51°54′11″N 4°20′40″E / 51.90306°N 4.34444°E / 51.90306; 4.34444
Line(s)Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
Opened17 August 1891
Closed1 April 2017
Rebuilt30 September 2019
Services
Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station
Vlaardingen West
Terminus
 Line A
Only during peak periods
 Vlaardingen Oost
towards Binnenhof
Vlaardingen West
towards Hoek van Holland Strand
 Line B Vlaardingen Oost
towards Nesselande
Location
Vlaardingen Centrum is located in Southwest Randstad
Vlaardingen Centrum
Vlaardingen Centrum
Location within Southwest Randstad
Vlaardingen Centrum is located in Netherlands
Vlaardingen Centrum
Vlaardingen Centrum
Vlaardingen Centrum (Netherlands)

Vlaardingen Centrum is a metro station in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands. The station is located on the Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway.

History

Vlaardingen Centrum was first opened as a train station on 17 August 1891.

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen stopped operating the line, including Vlaardingen Centrum railway station, on 1 April 2017 to enable conversion for metro train operations. The station was reopened by RET on 30 September 2019, with preview services operating on 28 September.[1] The station had a yard connected that was used during the early days of the Schiedam-Hoek van Holland railway (Hoekse Lijn). Later the yard got abandoned and removed during the train-metro transition.

Metro services

As of 2019, Vlaardingen Centrum is served by 6 trains per hour on RET Metro Line B, of which 3 per hour travel the full length of the route, and 3 travel only as far as Steendijkpolder[1]

During peak periods, the station is also served by Line A, with 6 trains per hour travelling as far as Vlaardingen West.

Bus services

Bus services are operated by RET.

Buslines with stops on Vlaardingen West
Line Route Via Details
526 Vlaardingen Centrum - Vlaardingen Centrum (ring) Liesveldviaduct STOPandGO line

References

  1. ^ a b "Information about the Hoekse Lijn". Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram. Retrieved 29 September 2019.