Hilversum is a railway station in

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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. It is located approximately southeast of Amsterdam. It located on the

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– Amersfoort station part 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 inform ...

, with a

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to Utrecht Centraal station. There are two other stations in Hilversum: Hilversum Media Park to the north, and Hilversum Sportpark to the south.

History

The station opened on 10 June 1874. The station was situated on the so-called ''Gooilijn'', part of the

. Other connections were added later. The current building was constructed in 1992 and, apart from the railway station, it used to also houses offices of the regional

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. These have been replaced by offices of Transdev, BrightBlue, PareX Parts Exchange and other companies. Intercity services at Hilversum were suspended in 1995. After constructing extra platforms, intercity services were resumed on 10 December 2007. All passing passenger trains now call at Hilversum.

Train services

The following train services call at Hilversum: *7 daily intercity services Amsterdam - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Osnabrück - Hanover - Berlin *1x per hour intercity services Schiphol - Amersfoort - Hengelo - Enschede *1x per hour intercity service Schiphol - Hilversum - Amersfoort Schothorst *2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort (- Deventer) *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Utrecht - Hilversum - Almere *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Leiden - Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Hilversum - Utrecht *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort

Bus services

Local bus lines

Regional bus lines

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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