Woerden railway station

Woerden
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°5′5″N 4°53′35″E / 52.08472°N 4.89306°E / 52.08472; 4.89306Coordinates: 52°5′5″N 4°53′35″E / 52.08472°N 4.89306°E / 52.08472; 4.89306
Line(s)	Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Woerden–Leiden railway
History
Opened	21 May 1855
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Bodegraven toward Leiden Centraal NS Intercity 8800 2x/hour Utrecht Centraal Terminus Breukelen toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 2x/hour Gouda Goverwelle toward Rotterdam Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 6100 2x/hour; Except evenings and weekends Vleuten toward Utrecht Centraal Gouda Goverwelle toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 9800 2x/hour
Location
Woerden Location within Randstad

Woerden railway station (Dutch: Station Woerden) is the railway station of Woerden, the Netherlands. The railway station was opened on 21 May 1855 on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. In 1911 a new building was built in Jugendstil, that still exists. During 1993-1996 the railway station was modernised, replacing the wooden roof and stairways by modern ones.

During the closing decades of the twentieth century growing numbers of stopping trains at the station and a sustained rise in the level of motorised traffic led to increasing delays both for cyclists and for motorists at the level crossing directly adjacent to the station on its western side. The matter was finally addressed early in the twenty-first century with the construction of a short section of road tunnel under the railway lines: this replaced the old level crossing.

The station has two platforms, and two entrances. On every entrance there is bicycle parking.

Train services

The following services call at Woerden:

• 2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Gouda - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Gouda- Woerden - Utrecht (also calls at Utrecht Leidsche Rijn after 8 PM and during Weekends)
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Woerden - Utrecht (Weekdays until 8 PM)

Due to infrastructural capacity Utrecht Leidsche Rijn could only be serviced twice an hour.

Accidents

Woerden train accident

Near the station a British furlough train derailed on 21 November 1960 killing 2 people and 10 people were injured.

Harmelen train disaster

Near the station the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands took place on 8 January 1962, killing 93 people.

External links

• NS website (Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (Dutch)