Voorweg RandstadRail station
Voorweg is a RandstadRail station in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.
Voorweg | |
|---|---|
| Location | Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°03′46″N 4°28′15″E |
| Platforms | 4 (2 low + 2 high) |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 May 1977, reopened 29 October 2006 |
| Closed | 3 June 2006 |
| Location | |
  Voorweg Location within RandstadRail network | |
History
The station opened as a railway station on 22 May 1977 as part of the Zoetermeerlijn, operating Zoetermeer Stadslijn services. The station closed on 3 June 2006 and reopened as a RandstadRail station on 29 October 2006, for the HTM tram services (4), and on 20 October 2007, for tram service 3.
The station features four platforms on two levels that are at right angles with each other. The bottom two are the tracks from The Hague, which have not yet entered the Zoetermeer circuit. The platforms are low and at the same level as the tram doors.
It is one of only three stations in the world in which the same metro line still passes through it twice in a pretzel configuration (the others being Monument Metro Station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England and Serdika and Serdika II stations on the Sofia Metro in Sofia, Bulgaria). A similar situation also existed for 14 years in Canada on the Vancouver SkyTrain at Commercial–Broadway station and briefly on the Toronto subway, also in Canada, at Bloor-Yonge, for six months in 1966.
Passengers can change at Voorweg for Meerzicht, Driemanspolder, Delftsewallen and Dorp to get their destination faster.
Services
The following services currently call at Voorweg:
| Service | Route | Material | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| RR3 | Arnold Spoelplein - Pisuissestraat - Mozartlaan - Heliotrooplaan - Muurbloemweg - Hoefbladlaan - De Savornin Lohmanplein - Appelstraat - Zonnebloemstraat - Azaleaplein - Goudenregenstraat - Fahrenheitstraat - Valkenbosplein - Conradkade - Van Speijkstraat - Elandstraat - MCH Westeinde - Brouwersgracht - Grote Markt - Spui - Den Haag Centraal - Beatrixkwartier - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Voorweg (Low Level) - Centrum West - Stadhuis - Palenstein - Seghwaert - Leidsewallen - De Leyens - Buytenwegh - Voorweg (High Level) - Meerzicht - Driemanspolder - Delftsewallen - Dorp - Centrum West | HTM RegioCidatis Tram | 6x per hour (Monday - Saturday, Every 10 Minutes), 5x per hour (Sundays, Every 12 Minutes), 4x per hour (Evenings, after 8pm, Every 15 Minutes) |
| RR4 | De Uithof - Beresteinaan - Bouwlustlaan - De Rade - Dedemsvaart - Zuidwoldepad - Leyenburg - Monnickendamplein - Tienhovenselaan - Dierenselaan - De La Reyweg - Monstersestraat - MCH Westeinde - Brouwersgracht - Grote Markt - Spui - Den Haag Centraal - Beatrixkwartier - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Voorweg (Low Level) - Centrum West - Stadhuis - Palenstein - Seghwaert - Willem Dreeslaan - Oosterheem - Javalaan | HTM RegioCitadis Tram | 6x per hour (Monday - Saturday, Every 10 Minutes), 5x per hour (Sundays, Every 12 Minutes), 4x per hour (Evenings, after 8pm, Every 15 Minutes) |
Although RR3 stops at both levels, RR4 stops only at the lower level.
| Preceding station | RandstadRail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Centrum West | Line RR3 (HTM) | toward Arnold Spoelplein |
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toward Centrum West | Line RR3 (HTM) | toward Arnold Spoelplein |
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toward Javalaan | Line RR4 (HTM) | toward De Uithof |
Gallery
RandstadRail Network Map
A RegioCitadis on RR4
An RET Metro set that was converted for RandstadRail operation.
A new RET RandstadRail set, which replaced the Metro sets.
Station Voorweg Laag (Low Level (For Den Haag).
Station Voorweg Hoog (High Level (For Zoetermeer Stadslijn).