Halfweg-Zwanenburg railway station
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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°23′05″N 4°45′06″E / 52.38472°N 4.75167°E | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 9 December 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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Halfweg-Zwanenburg (Dutch: Station Halfweg-Zwanenburg, pronounced [staːˈʃɔn ˌɦɑl(ə)fʋɛxˈsʋaːnə(m)bʏr(ə)x]) is a railway station in west Halfweg and near Zwanenburg, Netherlands. It was opened on 9 December 2012 on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
History
[edit]There was a station in Halfweg between 20 September 1839 and 2 October 1927; the new station lies roughly where the original station did. The station was opened in December 2012.[1] The station lies on the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam – Rotterdam), between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Haarlem Spaarnwoude. The station primarily services Halfweg and Zwanenburg, but also Haarlemmerliede and other surrounding small settlements.
There was a tree planted beside the platform on 30 April 2013 in honour of King Willem-Alexander.
Train services
[edit]As of 9 December 2018, the following train services call at this station:
National rail
[edit]Train | Operator(s) | From | Via | To | Freq. | Service |
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Sprinter 4800 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk – Halfweg-Zwanenburg – Haarlem Spaanwoude – Haarlem – Bloemendaal – Santpoort Zuid – Santpoort Noord – Driehuis – Beverwijk – Heemskerk – Uitgeest – Castricum – Heiloo – Alkmaar – Alkmaar Noord – Heerhugowaard – Obdam | Hoorn | 2/hour | Runs only 1x per hour between Alkmaar and Hoorn after 8.00 pm |
Sprinter 5400 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk – Halweg-Zwanenburg – Haarlem Spaarnwoude – Haarlem – Overveen | Zandvoort aan Zee | 2/hour |
Bus services
[edit]Operator | Line | Route | Service |
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Connexxion | 80 | Amsterdam Centrum – Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS – Haarlem – Heemstede – Aerdenhout | |
161 | Hoofddorp – Lijnden – Boesingheliede – Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS – Zwanenburg | ||
680 | Zwanenburg – Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS – Haarlem – Heemstede – Aerdenhout |
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N80 | Amsterdam Centrum → Halfweg-Zwanenburg NS → Haarlem Spaarnwoude → Haarlem Station → Velserbroek → Driehuis → IJmuiden | Nightbus under the brand R-Net |
References
[edit]- ^ "Feestelijke opening station Halfweg-Zwanenburg". ProRail. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)