Railway stations in the Netherlands

File:Spoorkaart Nederland, IC stations.png

Railway network in the Netherlands, 2017

There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> including three next to football stadiums (Amsterdam Arena railway station, Eindhoven Stadion railway station, Rotterdam Stadion railway station), which are used only during special events and one, Utrecht Maliebaan railway station which provides a service into the exhibition area of the National Railway Museum during its opening hours. Before being discontinued Heerenveen IJsstadion railway station serviced the ice arena Thialf in case of events. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands.<ref>Facts & Figures on www.nsstations.nl</ref>

Categories

File:Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Stationsbord.jpg

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,<ref>See this example.</ref> 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.<ref name=ProRailNS2012>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Naming conventions

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 centrally located station, and/or a town's most important station with, however, fewer than 40,000 daily passengers.
• Zuid: "South"
• Noord: "North"
• Oost: "East"
• West: "West"
• A specific locality within the town, e.g. Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station sometimes associated with a nearby institution e.g. Tilburg Universiteit railway station.

In the situation, where a 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

Station	Code	Opened	Closed	Reopened	Passengers<ref>Daily passengers (2015)</ref>
Template:Rws	Atn	1885
Template:Rws	Ac	1843			1579
Template:Rws	Akm	1868			749
Template:Rws	Amrn	1980			4836
Template:Rws	Amr	1865			18930
Template:Rws	Amri	1926			1241
Template:Rws	Aml	1865			10618
Template:Rws	Almb	1987			6458
Template:Rws	Alm	1987			23784
Template:Rws	Almm	1987			6681
Template:Rws	Almo	2004			4630
Template:Rws	Almp	1996			3584
Template:Rws	Ampo	2012			3085
Template:Rws	Apn	1878			9725
Template:Rws	Amf	1863			39675
Template:Rws	Amfs	1987			5762
Template:Rws	Avat	2006			2583
Template:Rws	Asa	1939			28976
Template:Rws	Asdar	1996
Template:Rws	Asb	1971			22684
Template:Rws	Asd	1889			167427
Template:Rws	Ashd	2008			3227
Template:Rws	Asdl	1986			14042
Template:Rws	Asdm	1896			11888
Template:Rws	Rai	1981			6808
Template:Rws	Assp	2009			4117
Template:Rws	Ass	1956		1986	47615
Template:Rws	Asdz	1978			43716
Template:Rws	Ana	1865			2137
Template:Rws	Apdm	2006
Template:Rws	Apdo	2006			1110
Template:Rws	Apd	1876			14628
Template:Rws	Apg	1884
Template:Rws	Akl	1883	1938	1940
Template:Rws	Arn	1872			461
Template:Rws	Ahpr	1969			2829
Template:Rws	Ah	1845			39164
Template:Rws	Ahp	1893			2066
Template:Rws	Ahz	2005			2909
Template:Rws	Asn	1870			9136
Template:Rws	Brn	1874			4413
Template:Rws	Nsch	1868
Template:Rws	Bf	1893
Template:Rws	Brd	1872		2001	5226
Template:Rws	Bnc	1902
Template:Rws	Bnn	1938	1944	1951
Template:Rws	Bnz	2015
Template:Rws	Bdm	1884
Template:Rws	Bk	1862			2028
Template:Rws	Bsd	1883
Template:Rws	Bl	1870			2124
Template:Rws	Bgn	1863			6939
Template:Rws	Bet	1866	1938	1940	5263
Template:Rws	Bv	1867			5572
Template:Rws	Bhv	1863			4771
Template:Rws	Br	1868			1131
Template:Rws	Bll	1900			1192
Template:Rws	Bdg	1878			2924
Template:Rws	Bn	1865			2272
Template:Rws	Bsk	1934			1377
Template:Rws	Bsks	2017
Template:Rws	Bkf	1977			759
Template:Rws	Bkg	1885			2301
Template:Rws	Bhdv	2012
Template:Rws	Bmr	1883
Template:Rws	Btl	1865			5917
Template:Rws	Bdpb	1988			1589
Template:Rws	Bd	1855			30554
Template:Rws	Bkl	1843			4997
Template:Rws	Bmn	1865			1025
Template:Rws	Bp	1866
Template:Rws	Bde	1862			872
Template:Rws	Bnk	1868	1938	1972	2131
Template:Rws	Bsmz	1966			3893
Template:Rws	Cps	1981			2311
Template:Rws	Cas	1867			7024
Template:Rws	Cvm	1949
Template:Rws	Co	1905
Template:Rws	Ck	1883
Template:Rws	Cl	1868			8144
Template:Rws	Da	1906
Template:Rws	Dln	1905	1950	1987
Template:Rws	Dl	1903
Template:Rws	Dvnk	1906	1928	1985	3146
Template:Rws	Dwe	1885
Template:Rws	Dei	1863
Template:Rws	Ddn	1865
Template:Rws	Dt	1847			31630
Template:Rws	Dtz	1970			4688
Template:Rws	Dz	1884
Template:Rws	Dzw	1969
Template:Rws	Dld	1895			1817
Template:Rws	Gvc	1973			77783
Template:Rws	Gv	1843			34946
Template:Rws	Laa	1907			14516
Template:Rws	Gvm	1966			3178
Template:Rws	Gvmw	1996			2603
Template:Rws	Ypb	2005			2233
Template:Rws	Hdr	1865			3946
Template:Rws	Hdrz	1980			2082
Template:Rws	Dn	1864			4333
Template:Rws	Dvc	1888	1933	1989	1464
Template:Rws	Dv	1865			19739
Template:Rws	Did	1885
Template:Rws	Dmn	1882	1929	1974	2996
Template:Rws	Dmnz	1993			3551
Template:Rws	Dr	1865			3641
Template:Rws	Dtch	1985
Template:Rws	Dtc	1856
Template:Rws	Ddr	1872			23172
Template:Rws	Ddrs	1990
Template:Rws	Ddzd	1973			1336
Template:Rws	Db	1844			9235
Template:Rws	Dh	1957			903
Template:Rws	Drp	1863
Template:Rws	Dron	2012			3428
Template:Rws	Dvn	1856	1936	1980
Template:Rws	Template:Not a typo	1993			14383
Template:Rws	Ec	1862			2263
Template:Rws	Edc	1902	1944	1951
Template:Rws	Ed	1845			17599
Template:Rws	Eem	2018
Template:Rws	Edn	1861	2006	2011	162
Template:Rws	Ehv	1864			60450
Template:Rws	Ehs	1990
Template:Rws	Ehb	1971
Template:Rws	Est	1879			3710
Template:Rws	Emn	1905
Template:Rws	Emnz	2011
Template:Rws	Ekz	1885			2393
Template:Rws	Ese	2001
Template:Rws	Esk	1996
Template:Rws	Es	1866			18508
Template:Rws	Eml	1863			2849
Template:Rws	Etn	1854			3241
Template:Rws	Eghm	2007
Template:Rws	Egh	1949
Template:Rws	Fwd	1866
Template:Rws	Fn	1863
Template:Rws	Gdr	2006
Template:Rws	Gdm	1868			5909
Template:Rws	Gp	1913			1509
Template:Rws	Gln	1896			627
Template:Rws	Lut	1862			1357
Template:Rws	Gz	1863			2529
Template:Rws	Gbr	1868	1950	2001
Template:Rws	Gs	1868			7160
Template:Rws	Go	1865
Template:Rws	Gr	1883
Template:Rws	Gdg	1993			2998
Template:Rws	Gd	1855			21298
Template:Rws	Gbg	1905
Template:Rws	Gk	1866
Template:Rws	Gerp	2007			1212
Template:Rws	Gnn	1884
Template:Rws	Gn	1866			19706
Template:Rws	Gw	1868			947
Template:Rws	Hlm	1839			37399
Template:Rws	Hlms	1998			3420
Template:Rws	Hwzb	2012			2118
Template:Rws	Hdb	1905
Template:Rws	Hd	1863			5629
Template:Rws	Bzm	2011
Template:Rws	Gnd	1885
Template:Rws	Hrn	1870	1936	1968	1190
Template:Rws	Hlgh	1863
Template:Rws	Hlg	1863
Template:Rws	Hk	1969			2135
Template:Rws	Had	1891			6396
Template:Rws (defunct 2015)	Hry	1975
Template:Rws	Hr	1868			5893
Template:Rws	Hwd	1865			7352
Template:Rws	Hrl	1896			7491
Template:Rws	Hrlw	2010
Template:Rws	Hz	1913		1977	1568
Template:Rws	Hlo	1867			4676
Template:Rws	Hno	1881			693
Template:Rws	Hmbv	2006			1057
Template:Rws	Hmbh	1987			1767
Template:Rws	Hm	1864			6807
Template:Rws	Hmh	1992			1137
Template:Rws	Hmn	1882
Template:Rws	Hglg	2012
Template:Rws	Hglo	1975
Template:Rws	Hgl	1865			13437
Template:Rws	Hil	1898	1944	2000	2401
Template:Rws	Hvsn	1974			3853
Template:Rws	Hvs	1874			24105
Template:Rws	Hvsp	1874			7125
Template:Rws	Hnp	1885
Template:Rws	Hb	1896			202
Template:Rws	Hvl	2012
Template:Rws	Hor	1874			865
Template:Rws	Hon	1886			1278
Template:Rws	Hfd	1981			15258
Template:Rws	Hgv	1870			4472
Template:Rws	Hgz	1868
Template:Rws	Hks	1885			2300
Template:Rws	Hnk	1986			5149
Template:Rws	Hn	1884			13527
Template:Rws	Hrt	1866			2675
Template:Rws	Htnc	2001	2008	2010	3936
Template:Rws	Htn	1868	1935	1982	7436
Template:Rws	Sgl	1890
Template:Rws	Hdg	1866
Template:Rws	IJt	1885	1938	1985
Template:Rws	Kpn	1865			4136
Template:Rws	Kpnz	2012			1506
Template:Rws	Bzl	1868			1125
Template:Rws	Krd	1949
Template:Rws	Ktr	1882
Template:Rws	Kbk	1882
Template:Rws	Kmr	1915
Template:Rws	Kbw	1869			2898
Template:Rws	Kmw	1885	1938	1940
Template:Rws	Kbd	1868			571
Template:Rws	Kma	1869		2008	5262
Template:Rws	Kw	1868
Template:Rws	Krg	1868			802
Template:Rws	Zlw	1883			883
Template:Rws	Lg	1896
Template:Rws	Llzm	2018
Template:Rws	Ldm	1883
Template:Rws	Lwc	1991
Template:Rws	Lw	1863			9682
Template:Rws	Ledn	1842			71100
Template:Rws	Ldl	1961			3886
Template:Rws	Lls	1988			13369
Template:Rws	Ltv	1878
Template:Rws	Lc	1865
Template:Rws	Lp	1884
Template:Rws	Ltn	1902	1944	1951
Template:Rws	Mz	2010			1333
Template:Rws	Mrn	1845		1972	1493
Template:Rws	Mas	1843			4524
Template:Rws	Mtn	2013
Template:Rws	Mt	1853			15633
Template:Rws	Mtr	1987			1776
Template:Rws	Mg	1883	1938	1973
Template:Rws	Mrb	1905
Template:Rws	Mth	1868
Template:Rws	Mes	1853
Template:Rws	Mp	1867			5638
Template:Rws	Mdb	1872			4549
Template:Rws	Mmlh	2009
Template:Rws	Ndb	1874			9148
Template:Rws	Na	1905
Template:Rws	Nwk	1909	1935	1971	3370
Template:Rws	Nvp	1981			2756
Template:Rws	Nkk	1863			3338
Template:Rws	Nmd	1973			1845
Template:Rws	Nmgo	2014
Template:Rws	Nmh	1972
Template:Rws	Nml	1882	1934	2002	1108
Template:Rws	Nm	1865			43195
Template:Rws	Nvd	1881			2958
Template:Rws	Ns	1863			2762
Template:Rws	Nh	1896			481
Template:Rws	Obd	1898			1430
Template:Rws	Ot	1865			2311
Template:Rws	Odz	1865
Template:Rws	Ost	1866	1936	1940	1187
Template:Rws	Omn	1903
Template:Rws	Otb	1845			511
Template:Rws	Op	1880	1890	1898
Template:Rws	O	1881			8078
Template:Rws	Ow	1981			1833
Template:Rws	Odb	1854			1254
Template:Rws	Ovn	1881			2637
Template:Rws	Pmo	1971			2058
Template:Rws	Pmr	1884			2401
Template:Rws	Pmw	2007			1588
Template:Rws	Pt	1863			1813
Template:Rws	Rat	1881			2117
Template:Rws	Rvs	1881			1413
Template:Rws	Rv	1862
Template:Rws	Rh	1882			805
Template:Rws	Rhn	1886	1944	1981	1394
Template:Rws	Rsn	1888			2398
Template:Rws	Rsw	1965			7735
Template:Rws	Rb	1872			445
Template:Rws	Rm	1865			13274
Template:Rws	Rd	1893		2018
Template:Rws	Rsd	1854			10399
Template:Rws	Rs	1881	1938	1981	2364
Template:Rws	Rta	1968			16756
Template:Rws	Rtb	1877			23368
Template:Rws	Rtd	1847			85246
Template:Rws	Rlb	1964			6206
Template:Rws	Rtn	1953			2254
Template:Rws	Rtst	1937
Template:Rws	Rtz	1877			3031
Template:Rws	Rl	1878
Template:Rws	Sptn	1957			797
Template:Rws	Sptz	1867			803
Template:Rws	Ssh	2011			3479
Template:Rws	Swd	1884
Template:Rws	Sgn	1865			5326
Template:Rws	Sda	1868
Template:Rws	Sdm	1847			18630
Template:Rws	Sog	1853
Template:Rws	Sn	1896			246
Template:Rws	Shl	1978			71585
Template:Rws	Hto	1987			1616
Template:Rws	Ht	1868			43172
Template:Rws	Std	1862			12110
Template:Rws	Sdtb	1885	1938	2011
Template:Rws	Sdt	1885
Template:Rws	Sknd	1973
Template:Rws	Sk	1883
Template:Rws	St	1898			211
Template:Rws	Stz	1898			2014
Template:Rws	Sd	1898			764
Template:Rws	Sbk	1896			261
Template:Rws	Stv	1885
Template:Rws	Stm	1884
Template:Rws	Swk	1868			3232
Template:Rws	Srn	1862			918
Template:Rws	Sm	1862
Template:Rws	Hde	1863			1306
Template:Rws	Tg	1865
Template:Rws	Tbg	1885
Template:Rws	Tpsw	2007			1434
Template:Rws	Tl	1882			3445
Template:Rws	Tb	1863			32158
Template:Rws	Tbr	2003			2556
Template:Rws	Tbu	1969			6929
Template:Rws	Twl	1887	1951	2006	1433
Template:Rws	Utg	1867			5167
Template:Rws	Uhz	1893
Template:Rws	Uhm	1893
Template:Rws	Ust	1893
Template:Rws	Ut	1843			176552
Template:Rws	Utlr	2013			784
Template:Rws	Utl	1874	1932	1980	2885
Template:Rws	Utm	1874	1939	2005
Template:Rws	Uto	1968			8217
Template:Rws	Utt	2003			3285
Template:Rws	Utvr	2016
Template:Rws	Utzl	2007			2003
Template:Rws	Vk	1853
Template:Rws	Vsv	1885
Template:Rws	Vdm	1910	1953	2011
Template:Rws	Vndc	1886	1944	1981	2239
Template:Rws	Vndw	1981			1619
Template:Rws	Klp	1845			4007
Template:Rws	Vp	1865			1416
Template:Rws	Vl	1865			4370
Template:Rws	Vry	1883
Template:Rws	Vlb	1882
Template:Rws	Vtn	1881			3717
Template:Rws	Vs	1873			2955
Template:Rws	Vss	1986			975
Template:Rws	Vdl	1915
Template:Rws	Vb	1870			2302
Template:Rws	Vh	1892	1944	1997	3310
Template:Rws	Vst	1843	1944	1969	3074
Template:Rws	Vem	1876	1938	2006
Template:Rws	Vd	1878
Template:Rws	Vz	1906
Template:Rws	Vhp	1906
Template:Rws	Vg	1868	1938	1940	1976
Template:Rws	Wadn	1973			883
Template:Rws	Wad	1934			1613
Template:Rws	Wadt	2018
Template:Rws	Wfm	1893
Template:Rws	Wt	1879			7694
Template:Rws	Wp	1874			9052
Template:Rws	Wl	1885
Template:Rws	Wtv	1856	1936	2011
Template:Rws	Wz	1863			1048
Template:Rws	Wdn	1881			1775
Template:Rws	Wc	1881			4100
Template:Rws	Wh	1866	1936	1940	1125
Template:Rws	Ws	1868
Template:Rws	Wsm	1893
Template:Rws	Ww	1878
Template:Rws	Www	2001
Template:Rws	Wd	1855			11948
Template:Rws	Wf	1845			527
Template:Rws	Wv	1868			1639
Template:Rws	Wk	1885
Template:Rws	Wm	1869			3804
Template:Rws	Zdk	1989			1445
Template:Rws	Zd	1869			20790
Template:Rws	Kzd	1869			3020
Template:Rws	Zbm	1869			3445
Template:Rws	Zvt	1881			4770
Template:Rws	Za	1882
Template:Rws	Zv	1856
Template:Rws	Zvb	1854			1243
Template:Rws	Ztmo	1870	1938	1965	3345
Template:Rws	Ztm	1973			5292
Template:Rws	Zb	1868
Template:Rws	Zh	1866
Template:Rws	Zp	1865			11732
Template:Rws	Zwd	1872			5491
Template:Rws	Zl	1864			41618
Template:Rws	Zlsh	2019

Platforms and tracks

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 in cases when 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<ref>See Template:Interlanguage link multi)</ref>

Machines and counters for train tickets

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

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} NS Stations is a Dutch company that manages and exploits all railway stations in the Netherlands.<ref>Template:In lang Over NS Stations Template:Webarchive, NS Stations. Retrieved 5 January 2015.</ref>

Safety and comfort

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

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.

See also

• 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

External links

• 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

• 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

• 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