Beurs metro station

Beurs is a major subway interchange station in the center of Rotterdam. Underneath Churchill Square (Dutch: Churchillplein), the two lines through the city center (lines A-B-C and lines D-E) intersect. Passengers for Rotterdam Central Station change here to line D if they started their journey on line A, B, or C.

Beurs
Rotterdam Metro station
Coordinates51°55′07″N 4°28′50″E
Owned byRET
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1968
Services
Preceding station   Rotterdam Metro   Following station
Eendrachtsplein
toward Schiedam Centrum
Line A
Not on evenings and early weekend mornings
Blaak
toward Binnenhof
Eendrachtsplein
toward Hoek van Holland Haven
Line B
Blaak
toward Nesselande
Eendrachtsplein
toward De Akkers
Line C
Blaak
toward De Terp
Leuvehaven
toward De Akkers
Line D
Stadhuis
toward Rotterdam Centraal
Leuvehaven
toward Slinge
Line E
Stadhuis
toward Den Haag Centraal

All destinations within the network are accessible from Beurs. Since December 2011, it has also been incorporated into the new RandstadRail network, resulting in a direct connection to The Hague (line E).

History

Station Beurs opened on 9 February 1968 on the North-South Line (also temporarily called Erasmuslijn). On 6 May 1982 a new station, Churchillplein, was opened nearby on the new East-West Line (also temporarily Calandlijn). Both stations were connected by an underground walkway. In 2000, this separate naming was abandoned. For a while, signs in the East-West Line-portion of the station still had 'Churchillplein' in a smaller font below 'Beurs', but this has recently been removed.


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