s-Hertogenbosch () is a railway station located in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
in
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...
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. The station and all services operating from it are run by
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and t ...
, the national Dutch train operating company.
History
's-Hertogenbosch station opened on 1 November 1868 as the northern terminus of the southern part of the
Utrecht–Boxtel railway
The Utrecht–Boxtel railway is an important Rail transport, railway in the Netherlands running from Utrecht Centraal railway station, Utrecht Centraal station to Boxtel railway station, Boxtel station, passing through Geldermalsen railway station ...
(''Staatslijn H''), with service south to
Boxtel
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. Only in 1870 were the two parts of Line H joined, allowing for direct service to Utrecht Centraal. As the town was a fortress at the time, the station was designed with attack in mind; its wood truss construction allowed it to be dismantled or damaged with minimal waste. 's-Hertogenbosch station was further expanded upon the opening of the
Tilburg–Nijmegen railway
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Stations
The main interchange stations on the Tilburg–Nijmegen rai ...
, making it an important railway junction.
In 1896, the original station was replaced with a large brick structure designed by
Eduard Cuypers
Eduard Cuypers (18 April 1859 Roermond – 1 June 1927, The Hague) was a Dutch architect. He worked in Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies.
Biography
Cuypers was trained in the architectural practice of his uncle Pierre Cuypers, the countr ...
. The station was relocated a few hundred metres south of the original, along with the realignment of the tracks to the west. The second 's-Hertogenbosch station was characterised by its neo-Renaissance style,Teletijd.nl: 's-Hertogenbosch Central Station in 1921 and 2012 /ref> with a second floor for railway employees. During
World War II
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, at 16 September 1944, the station caught fire and burnt down; it was never rebuilt to its former glory.
A more modern, post-war building designed by
Sybold van Ravesteyn
Sybold van Ravesteyn (born Sijbold van Ravesteijn, 18 February 1889, Rotterdam — 23 November 1983, Laren) was a Dutch architect. He designed many train stations, many now demolished, a zoo, public buildings such as theatres, as well as residen ...
was erected in 1951. The remaining parts of the second building were incorporated, while the third station's canopy remains to this day. 's-Hertogenbosch was again rebuilt in 1998, with an extension of the roof to the other island platform. Much of the renovation consisted of an aerial walkway, the Stationspasserelle, connecting the roadways on either side of the tracks, and the removal of a special ramp to the platforms. Criticism of the fourth station was levied due to wind sensitivity; Nederlandse Spoorwegen retaliated by declaring: "You are indeed at the train station to go, not to hang out."
Train services
The station is an important interchange station, with trains coming from several different directions. 's-Hertogenbosch was the only Dutch station which provided in
Auto-Train
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Bologna
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