Heemraadlaan is one of three (above-ground)
subway station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...
s in the Dutch city of
Spijkenisse
Spijkenisse () is a city in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the municipality of Nissewaard, and has a population of 72,500. It covers an area of of which is water. It is part ...
. The station is the penultimate stop for trains of
Rotterdam Metro lines C and D and features two side platforms. The station is named for the large
thoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a primary passage or way as a transit route through regularly trafficked areas, whether by road on dry land or, by
extension, via watercraft or aircraft. On land, a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a multi-lane highway ...
above which it is built.
The station was opened on April 25, 1985. On that date, the North-South Line (currently operated by line D trains) was extended from its former terminus,
Zalmplaat
Zalmplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands
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station, towards its current terminus,
De Akkers station. Since the East-West Line was connected to the North-South Line in November 2002, trains of what is currently line C also call at the station.
Rotterdam Metro stations located above ground
Nissewaard
Railway stations opened in 1985
1985 establishments in the Netherlands
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