Railway stations in the Netherlands

Railway network in the Netherlands, 2017

There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands[1] including four which are used only during special events and one which serves the National Railway Museum only. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands.[2]

## Categories

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This image at Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA shows the standard style of station name board: white on blue, with a white square in the upper-left corner.

Stations are divided into two categories based upon the service they receive. These are, in order of decreasing importance:

* Intercity stations, where usually all trains (except, in some cases, international services) call.
* The remaining stations, where only local trains (Sprinters) call.

There are exceptions to this categorization. Some local trains – despite being called stoptreinen – do not stop at all stations: two examples are the services from Groningen to Roodeschool and from Tiel to Arnhem.

On the route diagrams printed at the top of station departure sheets,[3] intercity stations are indicated by the letters IC.

ProRail classifies stations into five categories based upon the facilities available. The categories are (in English): Cathedral, Mega, Plus, Basic and Stop.[4]

## Naming conventions

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Stations are generally named after the town they serve. In cases where a town is served by more than one station, additional designations specify the station's status or location, for example:

* Centraal (abbreviated "CS"): "Central" – a town's most important station with more than 40,000 daily passengers.
* Centrum: "Centre" – a town's most important station with, however, fewer than 40,000 daily passengers, and/or a centrally located station.
* Zuid: "South"
* Noord: "North"
* Oost: "East"
* West: "West"
* A specific locality within the town, e.g. Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station.

In the converse situation, where one station serves two communities, both community names are given, separated by a hyphen, e.g. Krommenie-Assendelft.

As of 15 December 2019 eight stations are designated Centraal. They are: Amsterdam Centraal, Amersfoort Centraal, Arnhem Centraal, Den Haag Centraal, Eindhoven Centraal, Leiden Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, and Utrecht Centraal.

## List of stations, with their official abbreviations

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See also: List of busiest railway stations in the Netherlands

Station | Code | Opened | Closed | Reopened | Passengers[5]

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Aalten | Atn | 1885 |  |  |
Abcoude | Ac | 1843 |  |  | 1579
Akkrum | Akm | 1868 |  |  | 749
Alkmaar Noord | Amrn | 1980 |  |  | 4836
Alkmaar | Amr | 1865 |  |  | 18930
Almelo de Riet | Amri | 1926 |  |  | 1241
Almelo | Aml | 1865 |  |  | 10618
Almere Buiten | Almb | 1987 |  |  | 6458
Almere Centrum | Alm | 1987 |  |  | 23784
Almere Muziekwijk | Almm | 1987 |  |  | 6681
Almere Oostvaarders | Almo | 2004 |  |  | 4630
Almere Parkwijk | Almp | 1996 |  |  | 3584
Almere Poort | Ampo | 2012 |  |  | 3085
Alphen aan den Rijn | Apn | 1878 |  |  | 9725
Amersfoort Centraal | Amf | 1863 |  |  | 39675
Amersfoort Schothorst | Amfs | 1987 |  |  | 5762
Amersfoort Vathorst | Avat | 2006 |  |  | 2583
Amsterdam Amstel | Asa | 1939 |  |  | 28976
Amsterdam Arena | Asdar | 1996 |  |  |
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA | Asb | 1971 |  |  | 22684
Amsterdam Centraal | Asd | 1889 |  |  | 167427
Amsterdam Holendrecht | Ashd | 2008 |  |  | 3227
Amsterdam Lelylaan | Asdl | 1986 |  |  | 14042
Amsterdam Muiderpoort | Asdm | 1896 |  |  | 11888
Amsterdam RAI | Rai | 1981 |  |  | 6808
Amsterdam Science Park | Assp | 2009 |  |  | 4117
Amsterdam Sloterdijk | Ass | 1956 |  | 1986 | 47615
Amsterdam Zuid | Asdz | 1978 |  |  | 43716
Anna Paulowna | Ana | 1865 |  |  | 2137
Apeldoorn De Maten | Apdm | 2006 |  |  |
Apeldoorn Osseveld | Apdo | 2006 |  |  | 1110
Apeldoorn | Apd | 1876 |  |  | 14628
Appingedam | Apg | 1884 |  |  |
Arkel | Akl | 1883 | 1938 | 1940 |
Arnemuiden | Arn | 1872 |  |  | 461
Arnhem Presikhaaf | Ahpr | 1969 |  |  | 2829
Arnhem Centraal | Ah | 1845 |  |  | 39164
Arnhem Velperpoort | Ahp | 1893 |  |  | 2066
Arnhem Zuid | Ahz | 2005 |  |  | 2909
Assen | Asn | 1870 |  |  | 9136
Baarn | Brn | 1874 |  |  | 4413
Bad Nieuweschans | Nsch | 1868 |  |  |
Baflo | Bf | 1893 |  |  |
Barendrecht | Brd | 1872 |  | 2001 | 5226
Barneveld Centrum | Bnc | 1902 |  |  |
Barneveld Noord | Bnn | 1938 | 1944 | 1951 |
Barneveld Zuid | Bnz | 2015 |  |  |
Bedum | Bdm | 1884 |  |  |
Beek-Elsloo | Bk | 1862 |  |  | 2028
Beesd | Bsd | 1883 |  |  |
Beilen | Bl | 1870 |  |  | 2124
Bergen op Zoom | Bgn | 1863 |  |  | 6939
Best | Bet | 1866 | 1938 | 1940 | 5263
Beverwijk | Bv | 1867 |  |  | 5572
Bilthoven | Bhv | 1863 |  |  | 4771
Blerick | Br | 1868 |  |  | 1131
Bloemendaal | Bll | 1900 |  |  | 1192
Bodegraven | Bdg | 1878 |  |  | 2924
Borne | Bn | 1865 |  |  | 2272
Boskoop | Bsk | 1934 |  |  | 1377
Boskoop Snijdelwijk | Bsks | 2017 |  |  |
Bovenkarspel Flora | Bkf | 1977 |  |  | 759
Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek | Bkg | 1885 |  |  | 2301
Boven Hardinxveld | Bhdv | 2012 |  |  |
Boxmeer | Bmr | 1883 |  |  |
Boxtel | Btl | 1865 |  |  | 5917
Breda Prinsenbeek | Bdpb | 1988 |  |  | 1589
Breda | Bd | 1855 |  |  | 30554
Breukelen | Bkl | 1843 |  |  | 4997
Brummen | Bmn | 1865 |  |  | 1025
Buitenpost | Bp | 1866 |  |  |
Bunde | Bde | 1862 |  |  | 872
Bunnik | Bnk | 1868 | 1938 | 1972 | 2131
Bussum Zuid | Bsmz | 1966 |  |  | 3893
Capelle Schollevaar | Cps | 1981 |  |  | 2311
Castricum | Cas | 1867 |  |  | 7024
Chevremont | Cvm | 1949 |  |  |
Coevorden | Co | 1905 |  |  |
Cuijk | Ck | 1883 |  |  |
Culemborg | Cl | 1868 |  |  | 8144
Daarlerveen | Da | 1906 |  |  |
Dalen | Dln | 1905 | 1950 | 1987 |
Dalfsen | Dl | 1903 |  |  |
De Vink | Dvnk | 1906 | 1928 | 1985 | 3146
De Westereen | Dwe | 1885 |  |  |
Deinum | Dei | 1863 |  |  |
Delden | Ddn | 1865 |  |  |
Delft | Dt | 1847 |  |  | 31630
Delft Campus | Dtz | 1970 |  |  | 4688
Delfzijl | Dz | 1884 |  |  |
Delfzijl West | Dzw | 1969 |  |  |
Den Dolder | Dld | 1895 |  |  | 1817
Den Haag Centraal | Gvc | 1973 |  |  | 77783
Den Haag Hollands Spoor | Gv | 1843 |  |  | 34946
Den Haag Laan van NOI | Laa | 1907 |  |  | 14516
Den Haag Mariahoeve | Gvm | 1966 |  |  | 3178
Den Haag Moerwijk | Gvmw | 1996 |  |  | 2603
Den Haag Ypenburg | Ypb | 2005 |  |  | 2233
Den Helder | Hdr | 1865 |  |  | 3946
Den Helder Zuid | Hdrz | 1980 |  |  | 2082
Deurne | Dn | 1864 |  |  | 4333
Deventer Colmschate | Dvc | 1888 | 1933 | 1989 | 1464
Deventer | Dv | 1865 |  |  | 19739
Didam | Did | 1885 |  |  |
Diemen | Dmn | 1882 | 1929 | 1974 | 2996
Diemen Zuid | Dmnz | 1993 |  |  | 3551
Dieren | Dr | 1865 |  |  | 3641
Doetinchem De Huet | Dtch | 1985 |  |  |
Doetinchem | Dtc | 1856 |  |  |
Dordrecht | Ddr | 1872 |  |  | 23172
Dordrecht Stadspolders | Ddrs | 1990 |  |  |
Dordrecht Zuid | Ddzd | 1973 |  |  | 1336
Driebergen-Zeist | Db | 1844 |  |  | 9235
Driehuis | Dh | 1957 |  |  | 903
Dronryp | Drp | 1863 |  |  |
Dronten | Dron | 2012 |  |  | 3428
Duiven | Dvn | 1856 | 1936 | 1980 |
Duivendrecht | Dvd | 1993 |  |  | 14383
Echt | Ec | 1862 |  |  | 2263
Ede Centrum | Edc | 1902 | 1944 | 1951 |
Ede-Wageningen | Ed | 1845 |  |  | 17599
Eemshaven | Eem | 2018 |  |  |
Eijsden | Edn | 1861 | 2006 | 2011 | 162
Eindhoven Centraal | Ehv | 1864 |  |  | 60450
Eindhoven Stadion | Ehs | 1990 |  |  |
Eindhoven Strijp-S | Ehb | 1971 |  |  |
Elst | Est | 1879 |  |  | 3710
Emmen | Emn | 1905 |  |  |
Emmen Zuid | Emnz | 2011 |  |  |
Enkhuizen | Ekz | 1885 |  |  | 2393
Enschede De Eschmarke | Ese | 2001 |  |  |
Enschede Kennispark | Esk | 1996 |  |  |
Enschede | Es | 1866 |  |  | 18508
Ermelo | Eml | 1863 |  |  | 2849
Etten-Leur | Etn | 1854 |  |  | 3241
Eygelshoven Markt | Eghm | 2007 |  |  |
Eygelshoven | Egh | 1949 |  |  |
Feanwâlden | Fwd | 1866 |  |  |
Franeker | Fn | 1863 |  |  |
Gaanderen | Gdr | 2006 |  |  |
Geldermalsen | Gdm | 1868 |  |  | 5909
Geldrop | Gp | 1913 |  |  | 1509
Geleen Oost | Gln | 1896 |  |  | 627
Geleen-Lutterade | Lut | 1862 |  |  | 1357
Gilze-Rijen | Gz | 1863 |  |  | 2529
Glanerbrug | Gbr | 1868 | 1950 | 2001 |
Goes | Gs | 1868 |  |  | 7160
Goor | Go | 1865 |  |  |
Gorinchem | Gr | 1883 |  |  |
Gouda Goverwelle | Gdg | 1993 |  |  | 2998
Gouda | Gd | 1855 |  |  | 21298
Gramsbergen | Gbg | 1905 |  |  |
Grijpskerk | Gk | 1866 |  |  |
Groningen Europapark | Gerp | 2007 |  |  | 1212
Groningen Noord | Gnn | 1884 |  |  |
Groningen | Gn | 1866 |  |  | 19706
Grou-Jirnsum | Gw | 1868 |  |  | 947
Haarlem | Hlm | 1839 |  |  | 37399
Haarlem Spaarnwoude | Hlms | 1998 |  |  | 3420
Halfweg-Zwanenburg | Hwzb | 2012 |  |  | 2118
Hardenberg | Hdb | 1905 |  |  |
Harderwijk | Hd | 1863 |  |  | 5629
Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom | Bzm | 2011 |  |  |
Hardinxveld-Giessendam | Gnd | 1885 |  |  |
Haren (NL) | Hrn | 1870 | 1936 | 1968 | 1190
Harlingen Haven | Hlgh | 1863 |  |  |
Harlingen | Hlg | 1863 |  |  |
Heemskerk | Hk | 1969 |  |  | 2135
Heemstede-Aerdenhout | Had | 1891 |  |  | 6396
Heerenveen IJsstadion | Hry | 1975 |  |  |
Heerenveen | Hr | 1868 |  |  | 5893
Heerhugowaard | Hwd | 1865 |  |  | 7352
Heerlen | Hrl | 1896 |  |  | 7491
Heerlen Woonboulevard | Hrlw | 2010 |  |  |
Heeze | Hz | 1913 |  | 1977 | 1568
Heiloo | Hlo | 1867 |  |  | 4676
Heino | Hno | 1881 |  |  | 693
Helmond Brandevoort | Hmbv | 2006 |  |  | 1057
Helmond Brouwhuis | Hmbh | 1987 |  |  | 1767
Helmond | Hm | 1864 |  |  | 6807
Helmond 't Hout | Hmh | 1992 |  |  | 1137
Hemmen-Dodewaard | Hmn | 1882 |  |  |
Hengelo Gezondheidspark | Hglg | 2012 |  |  |
Hengelo Oost | Hglo | 1975 |  |  |
Hengelo | Hgl | 1865 |  |  | 13437
Hillegom | Hil | 1898 | 1944 | 2000 | 2401
Hilversum Media Park | Hvsn | 1974 |  |  | 3853
Hilversum | Hvs | 1874 |  |  | 24105
Hilversum Sportpark | Hvsp | 1874 |  |  | 7125
Hindeloopen | Hnp | 1885 |  |  |
Hoensbroek | Hb | 1896 |  |  | 202
Hoevelaken | Hvl | 2012 |  |  |
Hollandsche Rading | Hor | 1874 |  |  | 865
Holten | Hon | 1886 |  |  | 1278
Hoofddorp | Hfd | 1981 |  |  | 15258
Hoogeveen | Hgv | 1870 |  |  | 4472
Hoogezand-Sappemeer | Hgz | 1868 |  |  |
Hoogkarspel | Hks | 1885 |  |  | 2300
Hoorn Kersenboogerd | Hnk | 1986 |  |  | 5149
Hoorn | Hn | 1884 |  |  | 13527
Horst-Sevenum | Hrt | 1866 |  |  | 2675
Houten Castellum | Htnc | 2001 | 2008 | 2010 | 3936
Houten | Htn | 1868 | 1935 | 1982 | 7436
Houthem-Sint Gerlach | Sgl | 1890 |  |  |
Hurdegaryp | Hdg | 1866 |  |  |
IJlst | IJt | 1885 | 1938 | 1985 |
Kampen | Kpn | 1865 |  |  | 4136
Kampen Zuid | Kpnz | 2012 |  |  | 1506
Kapelle-Biezelinge | Bzl | 1868 |  |  | 1125
Kerkrade Centrum | Krd | 1949 |  |  |
Kesteren | Ktr | 1882 |  |  |
Klarenbeek | Kbk | 1882 |  |  |
Klimmen-Ransdaal | Kmr | 1915 |  |  |
Koog aan de Zaan | Kbw | 1869 |  |  | 2898
Koudum-Molkwerum | Kmw | 1885 | 1938 | 1940 |
Krabbendijke | Kbd | 1868 |  |  | 571
Krommenie-Assendelft | Kma | 1869 |  | 2008 | 5262
Kropswolde | Kw | 1868 |  |  |
Kruiningen-Yerseke | Krg | 1868 |  |  | 802
Lage Zwaluwe | Zlw | 1883 |  |  | 883
Landgraaf | Lg | 1896 |  |  |
Lansingerland-Zoetermeer | Llzm | 2018 |  |  |
Leerdam | Ldm | 1883 |  |  |
Leeuwarden Camminghaburen | Lwc | 1991 |  |  |
Leeuwarden | Lw | 1863 |  |  | 9682
Leiden Centraal | Ledn | 1842 |  |  | 71100
Leiden Lammenschans | Ldl | 1961 |  |  | 3886
Lelystad Centrum | Lls | 1988 |  |  | 13369
Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo | Ltv | 1878 |  |  |
Lochem | Lc | 1865 |  |  |
Loppersum | Lp | 1884 |  |  |
Lunteren | Ltn | 1902 | 1944 | 1951 |
Maarheeze | Mz | 2010 |  |  | 1333
Maarn | Mrn | 1845 |  | 1972 | 1493
Maarssen | Mas | 1843 |  |  | 4524
Maastricht Noord | Mtn | 2013 |  |  |
Maastricht | Mt | 1853 |  |  | 15633
Maastricht Randwyck | Mtr | 1987 |  |  | 1776
Mantgum | Mg | 1883 | 1938 | 1973 |
Mariënberg | Mrb | 1905 |  |  |
Martenshoek | Mth | 1868 |  |  |
Meerssen | Mes | 1853 |  |  |
Meppel | Mp | 1867 |  |  | 5638
Middelburg | Mdb | 1872 |  |  | 4549
Mook-Molenhoek | Mmlh | 2009 |  |  |
Naarden-Bussum | Ndb | 1874 |  |  | 9148
Nieuw Amsterdam | Na | 1905 |  |  |
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel | Nwk | 1909 | 1935 | 1971 | 3370
Nieuw-Vennep | Nvp | 1981 |  |  | 2756
Nijkerk | Nkk | 1863 |  |  | 3338
Nijmegen Dukenburg | Nmd | 1973 |  |  | 1845
Nijmegen Goffert | Nmgo | 2014 |  |  |
Nijmegen Heyendaal | Nmh | 1972 |  |  |
Nijmegen Lent | Nml | 1882 | 1934 | 2002 | 1108
Nijmegen | Nm | 1865 |  |  | 43195
Nijverdal | Nvd | 1881 |  |  | 2958
Nunspeet | Ns | 1863 |  |  | 2762
Nuth | Nh | 1896 |  |  | 481
Obdam | Obd | 1898 |  |  | 1430
Oisterwijk | Ot | 1865 |  |  | 2311
Oldenzaal | Odz | 1865 |  |  |
Olst | Ost | 1866 | 1936 | 1940 | 1187
Ommen | Omn | 1903 |  |  |
Oosterbeek | Otb | 1845 |  |  | 511
Opheusden | Op | 1880 | 1890 | 1898 |
Oss | O | 1881 |  |  | 8078
Oss West | Ow | 1981 |  |  | 1833
Oudenbosch | Odb | 1854 |  |  | 1254
Overveen | Ovn | 1881 |  |  | 2637
Purmerend Overwhere | Pmo | 1971 |  |  | 2058
Purmerend | Pmr | 1884 |  |  | 2401
Purmerend Weidevenne | Pmw | 2007 |  |  | 1588
Putten | Pt | 1863 |  |  | 1813
Raalte | Rat | 1881 |  |  | 2117
Ravenstein | Rvs | 1881 |  |  | 1413
Reuver | Rv | 1862 |  |  |
Rheden | Rh | 1882 |  |  | 805
Rhenen | Rhn | 1886 | 1944 | 1981 | 1394
Rijssen | Rsn | 1888 |  |  | 2398
Rijswijk | Rsw | 1965 |  |  | 7735
Rilland-Bath | Rb | 1872 |  |  | 445
Roermond | Rm | 1865 |  |  | 13274
Roodeschool | Rd | 1893 |  | 2018 |
Roosendaal | Rsd | 1854 |  |  | 10399
Rosmalen | Rs | 1881 | 1938 | 1981 | 2364
Rotterdam Alexander | Rta | 1968 |  |  | 16756
Rotterdam Blaak | Rtb | 1877 |  |  | 23368
Rotterdam Centraal | Rtd | 1847 |  |  | 85246
Rotterdam Lombardijen | Rlb | 1964 |  |  | 6206
Rotterdam Noord | Rtn | 1953 |  |  | 2254
Rotterdam Stadion | Rtst | 1937 |  |  |
Rotterdam Zuid | Rtz | 1877 |  |  | 3031
Ruurlo | Rl | 1878 |  |  |
Santpoort Noord | Sptn | 1957 |  |  | 797
Santpoort Zuid | Sptz | 1867 |  |  | 803
Sassenheim | Ssh | 2011 |  |  | 3479
Sauwerd | Swd | 1884 |  |  |
Schagen | Sgn | 1865 |  |  | 5326
Scheemda | Sda | 1868 |  |  |
Schiedam Centrum | Sdm | 1847 |  |  | 18630
Schin op Geul | Sog | 1853 |  |  |
Schinnen | Sn | 1896 |  |  | 246
Schiphol | Shl | 1978 |  |  | 71585
's-Hertogenbosch Oost | Hto | 1987 |  |  | 1616
's-Hertogenbosch | Ht | 1868 |  |  | 43172
Sittard | Std | 1862 |  |  | 12110
Sliedrecht Baanhoek | Sdtb | 1885 | 1938 | 2011 |
Sliedrecht | Sdt | 1885 |  |  |
Sneek Noord | Sknd | 1973 |  |  |
Sneek | Sk | 1883 |  |  |
Soest (Netherlands) | St | 1898 |  |  | 211
Soest Zuid | Stz | 1898 |  |  | 2014
Soestdijk | Sd | 1898 |  |  | 764
Spaubeek | Sbk | 1896 |  |  | 261
Stavoren | Stv | 1885 |  |  |
Stedum | Stm | 1884 |  |  |
Steenwijk | Swk | 1868 |  |  | 3232
Susteren | Srn | 1862 |  |  | 918
Swalmen | Sm | 1862 |  |  |
't Harde | Hde | 1863 |  |  | 1306
Tegelen | Tg | 1865 |  |  |
Terborg | Tbg | 1885 |  |  |
Tiel Passewaaij | Tpsw | 2007 |  |  | 1434
Tiel | Tl | 1882 |  |  | 3445
Tilburg | Tb | 1863 |  |  | 32158
Tilburg Reeshof | Tbr | 2003 |  |  | 2556
Tilburg Universiteit | Tbu | 1969 |  |  | 6929
Twello | Twl | 1887 | 1951 | 2006 | 1433
Uitgeest | Utg | 1867 |  |  | 5167
Uithuizen | Uhz | 1893 |  |  |
Uithuizermeeden | Uhm | 1893 |  |  |
Usquert | Ust | 1893 |  |  |
Utrecht Centraal | Ut | 1843 |  |  | 176552
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn | Utlr | 2013 |  |  | 784
Utrecht Lunetten | Utl | 1874 | 1932 | 1980 | 2885
Utrecht Maliebaan | Utm | 1874 | 1939 | 2005 |
Utrecht Overvecht | Uto | 1968 |  |  | 8217
Utrecht Terwijde | Utt | 2003 |  |  | 3285
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn | Utvr | 2016 |  |  |
Utrecht Zuilen | Utzl | 2007 |  |  | 2003
Valkenburg | Vk | 1853 |  |  |
Varsseveld | Vsv | 1885 |  |  |
Veendam | Vdm | 1910 | 1953 | 2011 |
Veenendaal Centrum | Vndc | 1886 | 1944 | 1981 | 2239
Veenendaal West | Vndw | 1981 |  |  | 1619
Veenendaal-De Klomp | Klp | 1845 |  |  | 4007
Velp | Vp | 1865 |  |  | 1416
Venlo | Vl | 1865 |  |  | 4370
Venray | Vry | 1883 |  |  |
Vierlingsbeek | Vlb | 1882 |  |  |
Vleuten | Vtn | 1881 |  |  | 3717
Vlissingen | Vs | 1873 |  |  | 2955
Vlissingen Souburg | Vss | 1986 |  |  | 975
Voerendaal | Vdl | 1915 |  |  |
Voorburg | Vb | 1870 |  |  | 2302
Voorhout | Vh | 1892 | 1944 | 1997 | 3310
Voorschoten | Vst | 1843 | 1944 | 1969 | 3074
Voorst-Empe | Vem | 1876 | 1938 | 2006 |
Vorden | Vd | 1878 |  |  |
Vriezenveen | Vz | 1906 |  |  |
Vroomshoop | Vhp | 1906 |  |  |
Vught | Vg | 1868 | 1938 | 1940 | 1976
Waddinxveen Noord | Wadn | 1973 |  |  | 883
Waddinxveen | Wad | 1934 |  |  | 1613
Waddinxveen Triangel | Wadt | 2018 |  |  |
Warffum | Wfm | 1893 |  |  |
Weert | Wt | 1879 |  |  | 7694
Weesp | Wp | 1874 |  |  | 9052
Wehl | Wl | 1885 |  |  |
Westervoort | Wtv | 1856 | 1936 | 2011 |
Wezep | Wz | 1863 |  |  | 1048
Wierden | Wdn | 1881 |  |  | 1775
Wijchen | Wc | 1881 |  |  | 4100
Wijhe | Wh | 1866 | 1936 | 1940 | 1125
Winschoten | Ws | 1868 |  |  |
Winsum | Wsm | 1893 |  |  |
Winterswijk | Ww | 1878 |  |  |
Winterswijk West | Www | 2001 |  |  |
Woerden | Wd | 1855 |  |  | 11948
Wolfheze | Wf | 1845 |  |  | 527
Wolvega | Wv | 1868 |  |  | 1639
Workum | Wk | 1885 |  |  |
Wormerveer | Wm | 1869 |  |  | 3804
Zaandam Kogerveld | Zdk | 1989 |  |  | 1445
Zaandam | Zd | 1869 |  |  | 20790
Zaandijk Zaanse Schans | Kzd | 1869 |  |  | 3020
Zaltbommel | Zbm | 1869 |  |  | 3445
Zandvoort aan Zee | Zvt | 1881 |  |  | 4770
Zetten-Andelst | Za | 1882 |  |  |
Zevenaar | Zv | 1856 |  |  |
Zevenbergen | Zvb | 1854 |  |  | 1243
Zoetermeer Oost | Ztmo | 1870 | 1938 | 1965 | 3345
Zoetermeer | Ztm | 1973 |  |  | 5292
Zuidbroek | Zb | 1868 |  |  |
Zuidhorn | Zh | 1866 |  |  |
Zutphen | Zp | 1865 |  |  | 11732
Zwijndrecht | Zwd | 1872 |  |  | 5491
Zwolle | Zl | 1864 |  |  | 41618
Zwolle Stadshagen | Zlsh | 2019 |  |  |

## Platforms and tracks

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Not the platforms, but the tracks are numbered. In Dutch communication, NS refers to "spoor 1" ("track 1"), etc. while in English communication, NS refers to "platform 1" where "track 1" is meant (hence all island platforms have two numbers). Tracks without platform access, used for through traffic, also have a number. This number is not indicated, but it shows indirectly by the fact that in the numbering of the accessible tracks a number is skipped. Track numbers are usually increasing in the direction away from the centre of the city and hence away from the main entrance(s) of the station.

A track along a long platform may have an "a" and a "b"-side, and sometimes three sections "a", "b" and "c".

At many stations, above platforms and at their access points, there are dynamic displays (electronic displays) of the destination and departure time of the next train[6]

## Machines and counters for train tickets

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For checking in and out with an OV-chipkaart card readers are at station entrances, halls and/or platforms. It can be recharged (increasing the credit by paying an amount) at ticket machines. The anonymous variety of the card can also be purchased here. For some minor rail operators all this does not apply yet.

Paper tickets are available from the same ticket machines; at the counter (if available) a supplement of €0.50 per ticket (with a maximum of €1 per occasion) has to be paid. In both cases one can choose a dated or undated ticket; the latter can be useful if one has not decided yet about the travel date. If the ticket is not dated it requires a stamp from a stamp machine on the travel date.

With an e-ticket bought in advance for a specific journey one can just get on the train without any further validation of the ticket.

## NS Stations

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Main article: NS Stations

NS Stations is a Dutch company that manages and exploits all railway stations in the Netherlands.[7]

## Safety and comfort

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Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from (homeless) beggars or pickpockets, especially in large cities. Measures taken to remedy this include installation of CCTV, locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls. Also, a valid train ticket is required to access platforms, at many stations enforced by gates that require an OV-chipkaart to activate them. Passengers with large luggage should note that no luggage trolleys are provided (except at the station of Schiphol airport), although platforms are accessible by elevator.

## Station abbreviations

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The official abbreviations of names of stations are used internally by the NS, but also on handwritten tickets; they can also conveniently be used when entering a station in the NS planner and are needed in some URLs, see below. In a station it can be found in the lower right corner of the yellow departure schedules. In most URLs (see below) they have to be written in lowercase, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in lowercase. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital letter.

Stations also have a four-digit code that is used on the keypad of older ticket machines to specify a destination.

## History

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Positions of multiple stations in one city, 1936

## See also

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* Amsterdam Metro
* List of Rotterdam metro stations
* List of busiest railway stations in the Netherlands
* Train routes in the Netherlands
* Trains in the Netherlands
* Transport in the Netherlands

## References

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1. ^ [1] Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today
2. ^ Facts & Figures on www.nsstations.nl
3. ^ See this example.
4. ^ "ProRail" (PDF). Network Statement 2012. ProRail. p. 165. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
5. ^ Daily passengers (2015)
6. ^ See railway platform signs [nl])
7. ^ (in Dutch) Over NS Stations, NS Stations. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Train stations in the Netherlands.

* Station info:
* http://www.ns.nl/reizigers/reisinformatie/stationsvoorzieningen Includes departure schedules and maps. For other stations, change "asd" in the URL or enter their name or code at the bottom of the page. The schedules are displayed on the stations in the same format, but in characteristic yellow (or blue in the case of temporary versions). The station abbreviation is shown in the lower right corner.
* http://www.swopnet.com/waypoints/gps/netherlands5.xls \- Excel file with stations, official abbreviations and coordinates.
* http://www.amsterdamtips.com/tips/train-network-map-amsterdam.php \- map of stations in and around Amsterdam
* http://www.prisman.nl/rvm/pic/rvm415.gif (map of rail network nodes) and http://www.prisman.nl/rvm/B041.htm (list of nodes with adjacent nodes)
* Demo of the ticket machines installed at every station: http://www.ns.nl/kaartautomaatdemo/

### Photos

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* Stationsweb: photos and info (in Dutch but easy in use) on current and old stations
* Langs de rails: photos and info on current stations and Dutch trains
* The European Railway Server: The European Railway Server, section on Dutch stations (photos)

### Maps

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* Schematic maps of all tracks, switches and platforms: http://www.sporenplan.nl/html_nl/sporenplan/ns/ns_normaal/start.html
* Zoomable map of all tracks and stations, updated for 2009: http://www.trein-kaart.nl/
* http://www.ns.nl/ :
* railway map with all stations: search for spoorkaart
* maps of station surroundings and station lay-out of some stations: select Nederland - Reisinformatie - Stationsvoorzieningen

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