Abcoude railway station
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Abcoude | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°16′28″N 4°58′56″E / 52.27444°N 4.98222°ECoordinates: 52°16′28″N 4°58′56″E / 52.27444°N 4.98222°E | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amsterdam–Arnhem railway | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 December 1843 | |||||||||||||||
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Abcoude Location within Northeastern Randstad |
Abcoude is a railway station located in Abcoude, Netherlands.
History[]
The station is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway between Amsterdam and Utrecht, and was opened on 18 December 1843. Previously, there were only two trains a day going to Abcoude. The line was doubled to 4 tracks in 2007 and the old station closed with a new station opening a few hundred metres to the north. The old station stood next to the with the line crossing the river by a bridge which was barely higher than the river level. During the quadrupling of the line a new underpass was built to take the railway under the river. This new underpass begins just after the current station and emerges back at ground level a good distance past the original station buildings.
Accidents and incidents[]
On 12 March 2015, a passenger train caught fire at the station and was evacuated. Twenty-one passengers had breathed in smoke but could resume their journey, one passenger excluding the train driver was taken to the hospital.[1]
Train services[]
The following services currently call at Abcoude:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest – Amsterdam – Woerden – Rotterdam
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest – Amsterdam – Utrecht – Rhenen (Not in the evening and the weekend)
References[]
- ^ "Brand in trein Abcoude" [Train fire at Abcoude] (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
External links[]
- NS website (in English)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in English)
- Railway stations opened in 1843
- Railway stations in Utrecht (province)
- Railway stations on the Rhijnspoorweg
- 1843 establishments in the Netherlands
- De Ronde Venen
- Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1843