Almere Buiten is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Almere Almere () is a Planned community, planned List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Flevoland, Netherlands, located about 20 km ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It is located approximately east of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

. The station is located on the

Weesp–Lelystad railway The Weesp–Lelystad railway, also known as Flevolijn, is a railway in the Netherlands operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and owned by ProRail. The line runs from Weesp, North Holland to Lelystad, capital of the neighbouring province of Flevola ...

, connecting

Weesp Weesp () is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam and a former municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an are ...

and Lelystad Centrum. The station was opened in 1987 when the line Weesp - Lelystad Centrum was built. In 1987 Almere Centrum and Almere Muziekwijk stations also opened before the Almere Buiten - Lelystad section was completed in 1988. Almere has become a commuter city for Amsterdam. On 7 July 2008, there were 184,405 people living in Almere. The station is located in the centre of 'Almere Buiten' which translates as ''Outside Almere''.

Train services

, the following train services call at this station: *Intercity services ''Dordrecht - Rotterdam - The Hague - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere - Lelystad'' *Local ''Sprinter'' services ''Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere Oostvaarders'' *Local ''Sprinter'' services ''The Hague - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Centraal - Weesp - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle''

Bus services

*1 - Striphelden - Oostvaarders - Regenboogbuurt - Station Buiten - Bouwmeesterbuurt - Waterwijk - Almere Centrum - Stedenwijk - 't Oor Bus Station - Almere Haven *5 - Muziekwijk - Kruidenwijk - Almere Centrum - Parkwijk - Landgoederenbuurt - Station Buiten - Oostvaarders *10 - Station Poort - Gooisekant - Busstation 't Oor - Danswijk - Almere Buiten - Oostvaardersdiep *153 - Holendrecht - Bijlmer ArenA - Bijlmermeer - Muiden P&R - Almere Poort - Almere Muziekwijk - Almere Buiten *216 - Almere Buiten - Almere Stad - Muiden - Amstelveen - Schiphol-Oost *N11 - Station Centrum → Molenbuurt → Station Buiten → Station Oostvaarders → Station Parkwijk → Danswijk → Sallandsekant → Danswijk → Filmwijk → Station Centrum *N12 - Station Centrum → Filmwijk → Danswijk → Sallandsekant → Danswijk → Station Parkwijk → Station Oostvaarders → Station Buiten → Molenbuurt → Station Centrum

References

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Almere Buiten Railway Station Buiten Railway stations opened in 1987 Railway stations on the Flevolijn Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 1980s