Diemen (

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of the municipality of

Diemen Diemen () is a town and municipality with a population of in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is located approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Amsterdam's city centre, within the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Etymology The na ...

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. It is located on the

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between and . The station was first opened in 1882 and then closed in 1929. It was reopened at the same location in 1974. The station building was completed in 1978. The train services are operated 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 the ...

. Among the direct destinations are

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, ,

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, ,

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, and . There are connections to two bus services operated by GVB.

Location

The railway station is located at in the town of

, which is part of the City Region of Amsterdam, in the south of the province of

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

in the west of the

. It is situated on the

between the railway stations

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and

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.Spoorkaart Nederland

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, 2013. Retrieved on 27 December 2014.

Building

The

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al station building was completed in 1978. It is of the type ''Sextant'', which was designed by Cees Douma. Sixteen buildings of this type have been built in the years 1968–1979, seven of which remain today.

Train services

The railway station was opened on 1 August 1882. The first train services were operated by the

Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij The Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij () or HSM (''Hollands Iron Railway-Company'') was the first railway company in the Netherlands founded on 8 August 1837 as a private company, starting operation in 1839 with a line between Amsterdam ...

(HSM). The station was closed on 1 January 1929.Station Diemen
Stationsweb. Retrieved on 27 December 2014. The station was reopened on 26 May 1974 at the same location. The HSM had merged into the

(NS) in 1938, which has operated the train services in Diemen since the reopening. The following local '' Sprinter'' train services each call at Diemen twice per hour in both directions: *4600: – ''Diemen'' – – – Hoofddorp–Schiphol/Amsterdam–Lelystad/Amersfoort
,

. Retrieved on 27 December 2014. *5800: – – – ''Diemen'' – – –

Connections

There are two bus connections at the station, which are both operated by

Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf The Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf Amsterdam (, GVB ; English: Amsterdam Municipality Transportation Company)Sometimes also written Gemeentevervoerbedrijf in Dutch. is the municipal public transport operator for Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands ...

(GVB): *44 (day service): – – ''Diemen'' – Diemen Noord *357 ( night service): – ''Diemen'' –

Bijlmermeer The Bijlmermeer (), or colloquially Bijlmer (), is one of the neighbourhoods that form the Amsterdam-Zuidoost borough (Dutch: ''stadsdeel'') of Amsterdam, Netherlands. To many people, the Bijlmer designation is used to refer to Amsterdam Zuidoost ...

Halte Centraal Station - 357 naar Bijlmermeer

. Retrieved on 27 December 2014.

References

External links

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Station Diemen
train schedules and station facilities {{Railway stations in North Holland Buildings and structures completed in 1978 Diemen Railway stations closed in 1929 Railway stations in North Holland Railway stations opened in 1882 Railway stations opened in 1974