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.[1]
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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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 Rotterdam Alexander (Netherlands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Train services edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Rotterdam Alexander". Treinstationinfo.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
External links edit
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
- (in Dutch) NS station information