Abcoude railway station

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Abcoude
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°16′28″N 4°58′56″E / 52.27444°N 4.98222°E / 52.27444; 4.98222Coordinates: 52°16′28″N 4°58′56″E / 52.27444°N 4.98222°E / 52.27444; 4.98222
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
History
Opened	18 December 1843
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Amsterdam Holendrecht toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 2x/hour Breukelen toward Rotterdam Centraal Amsterdam Holendrecht toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 7400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends. Continues at/arrives at Amsterdam Centraal as Sprinter 4700 to/from Uitgeest Breukelen toward Rhenen
Location
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[]

Station Abcoude

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[]

External links[]

• NS website (in English)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in English)