Voorschoten railway station
Railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands
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Den Haag Mariahoeve towards Den Haag Centraal | NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour | De Vink towards Almere Oostvaarders | ||
NS Sprinter 6300 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends | De Vink towards Haarlem |
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![]() ![]() Voorschoten Location within Netherlands |
Voorschoten is a railway station in Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands.
History
The first station opened on 1 May 1843 on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway. A new station building opened in 1886 and was closed on 17 September 1944. The station re-opened in 1969 and a hexagonal shaped station building opened. A new station was opened in 1995. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.[citation needed]
Accidents and incidents
- On 9 September 1926, a passenger train was derailed near Voorschoten. Four people were killed.[1]
- On 4 April 2023, a passenger train collided with a crane that was obstructing the line at Voorschoten. One person was killed.[2] A freight train was also reported to have collided with the crane.[3]
Train services
The following services currently call at Voorschoten:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Leiden - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Hilversum - Utrecht
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem
External links
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
References
- ^ "De onzettende spoorwegramp bij Voorschoten" [The terrible railway disaster near Voorschoten]. 's-Gravenhage in Beeld (in Dutch). 9 October 1926. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Een dode en meerdere zwaargewonden bij treinongeluk Voorschoten" [One dead and several seriously injured in Voorschoten train accident] (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Dode en tientallen gewonden en ontsporing bij treinongeval Voorschoten" [Dead and several wounded by train derailment at Voorschoten] (in Dutch). Regio15. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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Railway stations in South Holland
- Alphen aan den Rijn
- Arkel
- Barendrecht
- Bodegraven
- Boskoop
- Boven Hardinxveld
- Capelle Schollevaar
- De Vink
- Delft
- Den Haag
- Dordrecht
- Zuid
- Gorinchem
- Gouda
- Hardinxveld
- Hillegom
- Lansingerland-Zoetermeer
- Leiden
- Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
- Rijswijk
- Rotterdam
- Sassenheim
- Schiedam Centrum
- Sliedrecht
- Voorburg
- Voorhout
- Voorschoten
- Waddinxveen
- Zoetermeer
- Zwijndrecht
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