Hilversum Media Park (), previously called Hilversum NOS (1974–1989) and Hilversum Noord (1989–2013), is a

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in the city of

Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...

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. Opened on 25 September 1974,Radio-uitzending uit rijdende trein
''Leeuwarder Courant'', 13 september 1974 Hilversum Media Park is located on kilometre 27 of the

Amsterdam–Zutphen railway The Amsterdam–Zutphen railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Amsterdam, North Holland to Zutphen, Gelderland via the province of Utrecht. It passes through the cities of Hilversum, Amersfoort and Apeldoorn. It is also informa ...

, partly called the ''Gooilijn'' because of the

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it runs through. The station is situated north of the city centre, serving the Media Park, where most Dutch television and radio broadcasters are located. The station has two platforms, which are connected through a covered footbridge. Before 1989, the station was named after the public broadcaster

Nederlandse Omroep Stichting The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (; NOS ; English: Dutch Broadcasting Foundation) is one of the broadcasting organisations making up the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system. It has a special statutory obligation to make news and sports program ...

, more commonly referred to as NOS.

Train services

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 ...

operates the following services from the station (4 trains per hour):

Bus services

Note: Local bus route 2 (operated by Connexxion) serves the station indirectly; it has a bus stop ''Stephensonlaan'', 3 minutes away (by walking) from the station.

Gallery

Image:Station Hilversum Noord.JPG, Hilversum Noord in 2007, with the old footbridge Station Hilversum Noord, september 2011 (1).jpg, The station in 2011 Image:Traverse Hilversum Noord - Media Park.jpg, Interior of the new footbridge

References

Railway stations in North Holland Railway stations opened in 1974 Railway station Hilversum Media Park 1974 establishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-railstation-stub