Utrecht Centraal station

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Utrecht Centraal station
General information
Platforms14
History
Opened1843

Utrecht Centraal is the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. It is the largest railway station in the Netherlands in terms of size, with fourteen passenger tracks (of which eleven are through tracks) on seven platforms. With Utrecht being located centrally in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is also the largest station in terms of passenger volume and the most important railway hub of the Netherlands.

International, national and local services call at the station, most notably the InterCityExpress trains to Frankfurt and Basel, intercity services to the northern and southern Netherlands, and local commuter services providing access to towns all over the Randstad.

History

The first station at the site was opened in 1843, when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened the first station on Utrecht territory. In 1938, the station became the central station as the line from Hilversum and the Maliebaanstation, on the other side of the city, was closed.

Until the 1970s the station building of 1865 remained in place, though a fundamental renovation took place in 1936. Two years later, a fire burned down most of the building, which was subsequently rebuilt. That station building of the late 1930s was in turn demolished in the 1970s to make way for Hoog Catharijne, then Europe's largest enclosed shopping mall, which opened on December 17, 1973. Since that moment, the station hall no longer had a real entrance; the passageways of the shopping mall just continue into the station. In 1989, the station hall was enlarged to include an extra platform.

Future expansion

Between 2008 and 2013, the station will undergo a major reconstruction, partly under the flag of the general reconstruction of the Utrecht Station Area[1], and partly under the flag of the NS-project Wereldstations. Among others, the station hall will be replaced by a new glass structure, designed by architects Benthem Crouwel Architecten. Also, the sheltering roofs on the platforms will be restored.[2] As regards external relations, the station will be separated once again from the Hoog Catharijne shopping area. The bus station, which is currently located on the east side of the station (i.e. on the side of the city centre) will be split in two, with buses and trams arriving from the west of the city (among others the new suburb of Leidsche Rijn) terminating on the west side of the station to minimize traffic around the station.

A scale model of the new station is on display at Madurodam.[3]

Train Services

The following train services call at Utrecht Centraal:

International Services

Series: Train Type: Route: Material: Frequency:
100 ICE/NS Hispeed/DB Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Basel SBB ICE 3M 1x per day
120 ICE/NS Hispeed/DB Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE 3M 5x per day
220 ICE/NS Hispeed/DB Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - München Hbf ICE 3M 1x per day
319 / 40319 CityNightLine Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Basel SBB/Zurich HB/München Hbf CNL 1x per day
347 Euronight Amsterdam Centraal – Utrecht Centraal – Arnhem – Köln Hbf – Berlin Hbf – Warschau – Minsk – Moscow EN 1x per day
301 / 313 CityNightLine Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Frankfurt - Vienne/Milan CNL 1x per day
379 CityNightLine Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Köln Hbf - Prague CNL 1x per day

National Services

Series: Train Type: Route: Material: Frequency:
500 Intercity Rotterdam Centraal/Den Haag Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen/Leeuwarden ICM 1x per hour
800 Intercity (Schagen –) Alkmaar - Zaandam - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal – 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Maastricht / Heerlen VIRM 2x per hour (Amsterdam Centraal-Maastricht/Heerlen after 8pm and Sundays)
1400 Nachtnet Eindhoven - Tilburg - Breda - Dordrecht - Rotterdam CS - Den Haag CS - Leiden Centraal -Schiphol- Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - 's Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven VIRM 1x per hour - Operates between Eindhoven and Rotterdam/Utrecht Thursday, Friday, Saturday Nights only
1700 Intercity Rotterdam Centraal/Den Haag Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort - Apeldoorn railway station - Deventer - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede ICM 1x per hour
2000 Intercity Den Haag Centraal - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Driebergen-Zeist - Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem (-Nijmegen) VIRM 2x per hour. 1x per hour (Until 9pm Evenings), After 9pm change at Utrecht onto Intercity Den Helder-Nijmegen.
2800 Intercity Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Alexander - Gouda - Utrecht Centraal - Amersfoort - Amersfoort Schothorst ICM 2x per hour
3000 Intercity Den Helder – Alkmaar - Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - Arnhem - Nijmegen VIRM 2x per hour
3500 Intercity Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA - Utrecht Centraal - 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven (- [[Maastricht (2x per day) ) Intercity Coaching Stock, VIRM 2x per hour. Evenings Schiphol - Utrecht
4900 Intercity Utrecht Centraal - Hilversum - Naarden-Bussum - Almere Oostvaarders DD-AR/Mat '64 2x per hour
5500 Sprinter Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Overvecht - Bilthoven - Den Dolder - Soest Zuid - Soest - Soestdijk - Baarn SGMm 2x per hour
5600 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Overvecht - Bilthoven - Den Dolder - Amersfoort - Amersfoort Schothorst - Harderwijk - Zwolle DD-AR 2x per hour
5700 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Hilversum - Naarden-Bussum - Weesp - Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol - Hoofddorp - Leiden Centraal Mat' 64, DD-AR 2x per hour
6000 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Lunetten - Houten - Culemborg - Geldermalsen - Tiel Passewaaij - Tiel Mat' 64, DD-AR, SGMm 2x per hour
7400 Sprinter Amsterdam Zuid - Amsterdam RAI - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA - Utrecht Centraal - Veenendaal Centrum - Rhenen SGMm 2x per hour
8800 Intercity Utrecht Centraal - Woerden - Alphen a/d Rijn - Leiden Centraal VIRM 2x per hour
9800 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Woerden - Gouda - Zoetermeer - Den Haag Ypenburg - Voorburg - Den Haag Centraal Mat' 64, SGMm 2x per hour
13500 Intercity Utrecht Centraal - Schiphol VIRM 2x per day to Schiphol (Morning Peak), 1x per day from Utrecht (Evening Peak)
16000 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Geldermalsen - 's Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda railway station Mat' 64, DD-AR 2x per hour
17400 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Veenendaal Centrum SGMm Peak Hours Only
28300 Stoptrain Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Maliebaan (Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum) Citypendel, Mat' 64 1x per hour (9am to 5pm), To National Railway Museum
Inside the station hall.
Inside the station hall.
Exit towards Hoog Catharijne.

References

  1. ^ Utrecht.nl - Station area Utrecht
  2. ^ Artist's impressions can be viewed at http://www.utrecht.nl/smartsite.dws?id=70942.
  3. ^ ProRail: Feestelijke opening Utrecht Centraal in Madurodam
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