Alphen a/d Rijn railway station 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 prep ...

in Alphen aan den Rijn,

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History

The railway station was opened in 1878, as part of a railway connection between

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

and

Woerden Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commu ...

. A connection between Alphen aan den Rijn and

Uithoorn Uithoorn () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Uithoorn consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Kwakel and Uithoorn. ''Dutc ...

was opened in 1915. The line was extended to Gouda in 1932, but the connection between Alphen aan den Rijn and Uithoorn was closed in 1936. The railway station was renovated for the

RijnGouweLijn The RijnGouweLijn ( en, The Rhine- Gouwe Line), or RGL, was a proposed light rail project in South Holland, Netherlands, that used some new tracks and some existing tracks from the Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway and the Woerden–Lei ...

from Gouda in 2004, involving the construction of an additional platform. In 2007 a major redesign of the railway station and its surrounding area started. The original railway station building (built in 1878) was demolished to make room for a tunnel underneath the railway and a bike storage facility. The new tunnel links the old town centre with the new district "Kerk en Zanen", which used to be separated from the town centre by the railway. The tunnel and bike storage facility opened in mid 2010.

Train services

The following services call at Alphen a/d Rijn: *NS Intercity services ''Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Woerden - Utrecht'' * R-net local services (''Sprinter'') ''Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda''

Bus services

* 1 (Station - De Aarhof - Ridderhof - Haagwinde - Rijsenburg - Busstation Herenhof - Ijzerweg - Eisenhowerlaan - Station) * 2 (Station - Eisenhowerlaan - Ijzweg - Busstation Herenhof - Rijsenburg - Haagwinde - Ridderhof - De Aarhof - Station) * 3 (Station - Europalaan - Amerikaweg - Albert Einsteinweg - Ondernemingsweg - Station) * 4 (Station - Ondernemingsweg - Albert Einsteinweg - Amerikaweg - Europalaan - Station) * 147 (Station - De Aarhof - Rijnbrug - Aarlanderveen -

Nieuwkoop Nieuwkoop () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality was enlarged on 1 January 2007, through the amalgamation of Liemeer and Ter Aar. The municipality now covers an area of of whi ...

- Zevenhoven - Nieuwveen -

Vrouwenakker Vrouwenakker is a village in the Netherlands, about 12 km southeast of Hoofddorp. It lies largely in the municipality of Nieuwkoop (formerly Liemeer), in the province of South Holland, but a small part lies in the municipality of Uithoorn, i ...

De Kwakel The Kwakel is a village in the municipality of Uithoorn, North Holland, the Netherlands, near the border with South Holland. Having 3880 inhabitants in 2006, it's close to Kudelstaart and Aalsmeer Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in ...

, Busstation) * 165 (Station - Hazerwoude Rijndijk - Hazerwoude -

Benthuizen Benthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn and lies about 1 km east of Zoetermeer. History Benthuizen was described between 1280 and 1287. Benthuizen developed a ...

- Willem Dreeslaan RR - Palenstein RR -

Zoetermeer Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2013 this had grown to 123,328 ...

, Centrum West RR) * 169 (Station - De Aarhof - Ridderhof - Rijnland Hospital -

Koudekerk aan den Rijn Koudekerk aan den Rijn (English: ''Cold Church upon Rhine'') is a village located in the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. It is located about 4 km west of the urban centre, in the Pro ...

- Hazerwoude Rijndijk - Zoeterwoude Rijndijk -

, Centraal Station) * 182 (Station - Eisenhowerlaan -

Ter Aar Ter Aar () is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is located about 6 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn. The town had a population of 9,007 on 1 July 2006. The area of Ter Aar is ...

Woubrugge Woubrugge is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of the city of Leiden, in the municipality of Kaag en Braassem. History The village was first mentioned in 1493 as Woubregge, and means "bridge ...

- Hoogmade -

Leiderdorp Leiderdorp () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland near the city of Leiden. It had a population of in . The municipality covers an area of of which is water. Leiderdorp has now become a suburb ...

, Centraal Station) * 249 (Station - Rijsenburg -

- Hoogmade -

) * 370 (Station - Eisenhowerlaan - De Hoek (Change for

Hoofddorp Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained. His ...

) - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner

Municipal plans for the development of the area around the railway station

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