Rijswijk railway station
Rijswijk is a railway station located in Rijswijk in the suburbs of The Hague, Netherlands. The station was opened on 3 June 1847 and is located on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, between The Hague and Rotterdam. It was later enlarged, and then closed in 1938. In 1965 it opened in a different location.
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| Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°02′22″N 4°19′11″E | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1965 | |||||||||||||
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  Rijswijk Location within Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
The station has been in a tunnel since 1996, with four tracks and four platforms. The northern entrance is a modern glass pyramid protruding from the ground, not unlike that of the Louvre, while the southern entrance, on Winston Churchilllaan, is combined with a local bus and tram station.
Train services
The following services currently call at Rijswijk:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal
External links
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
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