Rotterdam Alexander station
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Rotterdam Alexander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°57′7″N 4°33′10″E / 51.95194°N 4.55278°ECoordinates: 51°57′7″N 4°33′10″E / 51.95194°N 4.55278°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Utrecht–Rotterdam railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B Arriva: 175, 190 RET: 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, B5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Rta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rotterdam Alexander Location within Southwest Randstad |
Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It is named after Prins Alexander borough, and therefore indirectly after Alexander, Prince of Orange. Near the station is shopping mall Alexandrium situated.
Train services[]
The following services currently call at Rotterdam Alexander:
- 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Groningen
- 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Leeuwarden
- 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle – Woerden – Amsterdam – Uitgeest
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle (Peak hours only)
Metro service[]
Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or East-West line (Dutch: Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn).
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
- (in Dutch) NS station information
Categories:
- Railway stations in Rotterdam
- Railway stations opened in 1968
- Rotterdam Metro
- 1968 establishments in the Netherlands