Amersfoort Centraal railway station

Amersfoort Centraal is the main railway station in Amersfoort in Utrecht, Netherlands. The station was an important link between the western part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country until December 2012 when the Hanzelijn opened.

Amersfoort Centraal
LocationStationsplein 41, 3818LE Amersfoort
Utrecht
The Netherlands
Coordinates52°9′14″N 5°22′27″E
Owned byNS Stations
Operated byNS Stations
Line(s)
Tracks6
Train operators
Bus operators
Connections
  • Syntus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19, 56, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 102, 103, 252, 656
  • U-OV: 52, 252, 452
Other information
Station codeAmf
History
Opened1 August 1901 (1901-08-01)
Rebuilt1997
Electrified1946
Previous namesAmersfoort (–2019)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)43,710 per day
Services
Preceding station   NS International   Following station
toward Amsterdam Centraal
Intercity (DB) 140
toward Berlin Ostbahnhof
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
toward Rotterdam Centraal
NS Intercity 500
toward Groningen
NS Intercity 600
toward Leeuwarden
toward Amsterdam Centraal
NS Intercity 1500
toward Deventer
NS Intercity 1600
toward Enschede
NS Intercity 1700
NS Intercity 11600
Terminus
NS Intercity 11700
NS Sprinter 5600
toward Zwolle
toward Hoofddorp
NS Sprinter 5800
Valleilijn
TerminusStoptrein 31300
Stoptrein 31400
Location
Amersfoort Centraal
Location within Northeastern Randstad

History

The original station building opened on 20 August 1863, and closed in 1904. It was called Amersfoort NCS and is located next to the railway tracks 200 metres (656 ft) east of the end of the platforms of the current station. This first station opened as part of the Utrecht–Kampen railway ("Centraalspoorweg"), which runs from Utrecht via Amersfoort to Zwolle and Kampen.

In 1874 the Gooilijn opened, running from Amsterdam via Hilversum to Amersfoort. Two years later the line was extended to form the Oosterspoorweg ("East rail line") from Amersfoort to Apeldoorn and Zutphen. In 1886 a railway line opened from Amersfoort to Kesteren, offering a direct service between Amsterdam and Nijmegen. However, the 1863 station was just too far east for the line, and so another station was built on the Kesteren line, called Amersfoort Stad. Parts of the Kesteren line still exist today. To permit connections between the two stations, a third station was built, called Amersfoort Aansluiting (“Amersfoort Connection”). Because this meant there were three stations all close to each other, it was decided to consolidate them and the current station was built and opened in 1901. It was renovated in 1997, at which time a third island-platform, as well as an exit on the north side of the station, were built.

Since 1970, Amersfoort has been important for intercity passengers, as it was the only station where all cross country intercity trains from Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam to Leeuwarden, Groningen and Enschede met. Passengers only need to cross to the other side of an island platform to change for trains to other destinations. Since December 2012 and the opening of the Hanzelijn, trains from The Hague and Amsterdam now travel via Lelystad to Zwolle, avoiding Amersfoort.

A second station was opened in Amersfoort in 1987, called Amersfoort Schothorst, and in 2006 a third was opened, Amersfoort Vathorst. Both these stations are on the Amersfoort – Zwolle line.

The Centraalspoorweg between Amersfoort and Zwolle is also known as the Veluwelijn.

A new fly-under was opened on 18 October 2013, after two years of construction, to allow trains from Hilversum to access Platform 1 without crossing the other lines. The cost was €44.5 million.[1]

Train services

As of 11 December 2016, the following train services call at this station:

  • Express services:
    • International Intercity: Amsterdam - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin
    • Intercity: Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
    • Intercity: Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort - Amersfoort Schothorst
    • Intercity: Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort (- Deventer)
    • Intercity: Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen
    • Intercity: Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
    • Intercity: The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede
    • Intercity: The Hague - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Amersfoort Schothorst
  • Local services:
    • Sprinter: Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle
    • Sprinter: Hoofddorp - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort Vathorst
    • Stoptrein: Amersfoort - Barneveld - Ede-Wageningen
    • Stoptrein: Amersfoort - Barneveld Zuid

Bus services

Bus services depart from the bus station at the front of the station; services are operated by Syntus and U-OV (52, 72).

  • 1: Park Bilthoven - Soesterkwartier/Isselt - Station
  • 2: Station - Nieuwland
  • 3: Station - Vathorst
  • 4: Station - Hoogland - Kattenbroek
  • 5: Station - City Centre - Schothorst - Vathorst
  • 6: Station - City Centre - Rustenburg - Liendert
  • 7: Station - Schothorst - Vathorst
  • 8: Station - City Centre - Vermeerkwartier - Schullenburg
  • 9 Station - Leusderkwartier - Eemgaarde
  • 17: Amersfoort - Leusden
  • 19: Station - Rusthof Cemetery
  • 52: Amersfoort - Soesterberg - Huis ter Heide - Zeist North - De Bilt - Utrecht
  • 56: Amersfoort - Soesterberg - Huis ter Heide - Zeist - Driebergen-Zeist - Doorn - Wijk bij Duurstede
  • 70: Amersfoort - Soest Zuid - Soestdijk North - Hilversum
  • 72: Amersfoort - Soesterberg - Zeist - Utrecht
  • 76: Amersfoort - Bunschoten - Spakenburg
  • (X)80: Amersfoort - Leusden South - Woudenberg - Scherpenzeel - Veenendaal - Rhenen
  • 82: Amersfoort - Leusden South - Woudenberg - Maarn - Doorn
  • 102: Amersfoort - Hoevelaken - Zwartebroek - Terschuur - Voorthuizen - Nieuw Millingen - Apeldoorn
  • 217: Amersfoort - Leusden
  • 280: Amersfoort - Leusden South - Woudenberg - Maarsbergen - Veenendaal
  • 356 Amersfoort - Soesterberg, National Military Museum
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References
  1. "Amersfoort diveunder in operation" (217). Today's Railways Europe. January 2014: 54. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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