Rotterdam Alexander is a combined
metro and
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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the Prov ...
,
Netherlands
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, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. It is located on 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 M ...
. It is named after
Prins Alexander
Prins Alexander is a borough in the northeast of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Prins Alexander has 7 neighbourhoods:
* Het Lage Land
* Kralingseveer
* Nesselande
*Ommoord
*Oosterflank
*Prinsenland
*Zevenkamp
Public transportation
Prins Alexander is ...
borough, and therefore indirectly after
Alexander, Prince of Orange
Alexander, Prince of Orange (Willem ''Alexander'' Karel Hendrik Frederik; 25 August 1851 – 21 June 1884), was heir apparent to his father King William III of the Netherlands from 11 June 1879 until his death.
For a span of 116 years, from the ...
. Near the station is shopping mall
Alexandrium
Alexandreion (Greek), or Alexandrium (Latin), called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the Hasmoneans between Scythopolis and Jerusalem on a pointy barren hill towering ...
situated.
Train services
The following services currently call at Rotterdam Alexander:
*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
*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)
Metro service
Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the
Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by
RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or East-West line ( nl, Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn).
See also
*
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 t ...
References
External links
NS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner
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NS station information
{{Railway stations in South Holland
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
Railway stations opened in 1968
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
1968 establishments in the Netherlands