Duivendrecht station (

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Duivendrecht Duivendrecht () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel, and lies about 6 km southeast of Amsterdam’s city centre. In fact, it is surrounded by Amsterdam. History The village ...

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. The station opened on 23 May 1993 as part of the extension of the Zuidtak of the Amsterdam Ringspoorbaan, between Amsterdam RAI and

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. This station allows for the interchange between two grade-separated railways: *the

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on the upper floor, consisting of two island platforms with the outer sides serving heavy rail and the inner sides serving the

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, which runs in between the tracks of the main railway. *the

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on the lower floor, consisting of one broad island platform which also houses the station hall. Duivendrecht is largely an interchange station: the village itself is quite small. However, the Duivendrecht railway station is near the

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. Since December 2006, fewer trains call at Duivendrecht because passenger trains heading from Utrecht towards Schiphol v.v. nowadays use the

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Services

Train

, the following train services call at this station: *Lower floor **2× per hour Intercity service Lelystad - Almere - Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol Airport - Leiden - The hague - Delft - Rotterdam - Dordrecht **2× per hour Intercity service Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Duivendrecht - Hilversum - Amersfoort Schothorst **2× per hour local ''Sprinter'' service Hoofddorp - Schiphol Airport - Duivendrecht - Weesp - Almere Oostvaarders **2× per hour local ''Sprinter'' service Hoofddorp - Schiphol Airport - Duivendrecht - Weesp - Hilversum - Utrecht *Upper floor **2× per hour local ''Sprinter'' service Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Breukelen - Woerden - Rotterdam **2× per hour local ''Sprinter'' service Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Breukelen - Utrecht - Rhenen

Metro

*M50: Gein -

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- Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Rai - Amsterdam Zuid - Amsterdam Lelylaan - Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Isolatorweg *M54: Gein -

- Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Amstel -

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Bus

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duivendrecht Railway Station Railway stations in North Holland Railway stations opened in 1993 Railway stations on the Rhijnspoorweg Railway stations on the Zuidtak Ringspoorbaan Amsterdam Metro stations located above ground Ouder-Amstel