Hoek van Holland Strand station was the terminus of the
Hoekse Lijn until 1 April 2017.
This railway station in Hoek van Holland was opened on 1 June 1893 . It was approximately 700 meters further west than
Hoek van Holland Haven station
Hoek van Holland Haven (''Hook of Holland Harbour'') is a metro station on Line B of the Rotterdam Metro, in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Rotterdam, South Holland. Trains connect with the Stena Line Dutchflyer boat service to Harwich Inter ...
, with limited trains running to the station outside the summer months. Due to the construction of the
Maasvlakte
The Maasvlakte () is a massive man-made westward extension of the Europoort port and industrial facility within the Port of Rotterdam. Situated in the municipality of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the Maasvlakte is built on land reclaimed ...
in 1971, the coastline came to lie further out to sea than when the station was opened, so that afterwards the station was no longer close to the beach, but more than a kilometre (about a 15-minute walk) away.
New metro station
On 1 April 2017, the Hoekse Lijn was taken over by the
Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region and converted into a metro line that came into use on 30 September 2019. From 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2023 there was replacement bus transport to the Badweg near the beach of Hoek van Holland.
As part of the renovation of the Hoekse Lijn into a metro line, the old Hoek van Holland Strand station closed on 1 April 2017. On 31 March 2023, a new
Hoek van Holland Strand metro station
Hoek van Holland Strand metro station is a metro station in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Netherlands. It consists of two tracks with side platforms. Its former site was the terminus of the Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway to Rotterdam w ...
was opened near the beach, for which the track has been extended by 900 metres.
Former freight lines
There were 2 more railway lines at this height; the " Strand line " and the Westlandsche Stoomtramweg Maatschappij (WSM) tram both came on standard gauge from or next to the dunes, both served for freight transport. The beach line connected to the NS tracks and crossed the WSM branch line, which ended approximately here. The WSM line disappeared in 1951, and is now partly a cycle path. The beach line disappeared in 1971.
[Rook waait over het Westland, H.v. Lith, uitgeverij Kimabo, 2012.]
References
{{Commons category, Station Hoek van Holland Strand, Hoek van Holland Strand
Railway stations on the Hoekse Lijn
Railway stations opened in 1893