Leidschendam-Voorburg RandstadRail station

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Leidschendam-Voorburg
Voorburg station leidschendam-Voorburg2.jpg
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates52°04′37″N 4°22′58″E / 52.07694°N 4.38278°E / 52.07694; 4.38278Coordinates: 52°04′37″N 4°22′58″E / 52.07694°N 4.38278°E / 52.07694; 4.38278
Line(s) E   3   4 
Platforms2
History
Opened1 October 1908, reopened 29 October 2006
Closed3 June 2006
Location
Leidschendam-Voorburg is located in RandstadRail network
Leidschendam-Voorburg
Leidschendam-Voorburg
Location within RandstadRail network

Leidschendam-Voorburg is the RandstadRail station in of Leidschendam-Voorburg, the Netherlands.

History[]

The station opened, as a railway station, on 1 October 1908 as part of the Hofpleinlijn (Den Haag - Rotterdam Hofplein). From 20 May 1977 the station was also served by services from Den Haag operating on the , operating Zoetermeer Stadslijn services. The train station closed on 3 June 2006 and reopened as a RandstadRail station on 29 October 2006 for the HTM tram services (3 & 4) and on 11 November 2006 for the RET metro service (line E).

The station features 2 platforms on either side of a viaduct. These have a high and a low platform, with and using the lower platforms, and line E using the higher platforms.

Close to the station, but on the opposite side of the , is Leidschendam depot. Trains used to access this depot along this line, but when the line was converted to RandstadRail, the Nootdorp Boog was built, coming off the Den Haag - Gouda railway line, and NS trains run parallel to the RandstadRail line between the split between the Hofpleinlijn and the Zoetermeerlijn and Leidschendam Depot.

Train services[]

The following services currently call at Leidschendam-Voorburg:

Service Route Material Frequency
RR3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MCH Westeinde - Brouwersgracht - Grote Markt - Spui - Den Haag Centraal - Beatrixkwartier - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Voorweg (Low Level) - Centrum West - Stadhuis - Palenstein - Seghwaert - Leidsewallen - De Leyens - Buytenwegh - Voorweg (High Level) - Meerzicht - Driemanspolder - Delftsewallen - Dorp - Centrum West HTM RegioCidatis Tram 6x per hour (Monday - Saturday, Every 10 Minutes), 5x per hour (Sundays, Every 12 Minutes), 4x per hour (Evenings, after 8pm, Every 15 Minutes)
RR4 De Uithof - Beresteinaan - Bouwlustlaan - De Rade - Dedemsvaart - Zuidwoldepad - Leyenburg - Monnickendamplein - Tienhovenselaan - Dierenselaan - De La Reyweg - Monstersestraat - MCH Westeinde - Brouwersgracht - Grote Markt - Spui - Den Haag Centraal - Beatrixkwartier - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Voorweg (Low Level) - Centrum West - Stadhuis - Palenstein - Seghwaert - Willem Dreeslaan - Oosterheem - Javalaan HTM RegioCitadis Tram 6x per hour (Monday - Saturday, Every 10 Minutes), 5x per hour (Sundays, Every 12 Minutes), 4x per hour (Evenings, after 8pm, Every 15 Minutes)
E Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge RET Metro 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)
Preceding station   RandstadRail   Following station
toward Slinge
Line E (RET)
toward Den Haag Centraal
toward Centrum West
Line RR3 (HTM)
toward 
toward Javalaan
Line RR4 (HTM)
toward De Uithof

Bus service[]

These services departs from street level, to the west of the station.

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