Gouda 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 ...

in Gouda,

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. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the

Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij The Dutch Rhenish Railway or Dutch–Rhenish Railway ( nl, 'Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg' or ) was a Dutch railway company active from 1845 until 1890. History The Dutch Rhenish Railway Company Limited was founded in Amsterdam on 3 July 1845 to t ...

(Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the

Utrecht–Rotterdam railway The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway in the Netherlands, running from Utrecht to Rotterdam, passing through Woerden and Gouda. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858. The western terminus was originally the Rotterdam Maas ...

. The

Gouda–Den Haag railway The Gouda–Den Haag railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Gouda railway station to Den Haag Centraal railway station, passing through Zoetermeer railway station. It was opened in 1870. Stations The main interch ...

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was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934. Trains running between Den Haag Centraal /

Rotterdam Centraal Rotterdam Centraal railway station () is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. The current station building, located at Station Square, ...

and

Utrecht Centraal Utrecht Centraal, officially Station Utrecht Centraal (), is the transit hub that integrates three bicycle parkings, two bus stations, two tram stops and the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. ...

call at the station, as well as 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–Leide ...

connection to Alphen a/d Rijn. In November 1944, during

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, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the

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. The main building of the railway station was severely damaged; traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5. In 1948 a new building was constructed out of the remaining first floor of the old building. This was replaced by the current building in 1984.

Train services

The following train services call at Gouda: *1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Groningen *1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Leeuwarden *2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht *1x per hour intercity service The Hague – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Hengelo – Enschede *1x per hour intercity service The Hague – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Amersfoort Schothorst *2x per hour intercity service The Hague – Utrecht *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle – Woerden – Amsterdam – Uitgeest *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle (Peak hours only) *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle – Utrecht *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague – Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle (Weekdays only) *4x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn

Bus services

* 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 106 * 107 * 175 * 178 * 190 * 196 * 278 (evening line 178) * 497 * 726

External links

NS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner
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