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Rotterdam Blaak is a
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and metro station in
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,
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. Located in the centre of the city, not far from the
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s and the Markthal, the station is served by trains operating on the
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between Rotterdam Centraal and
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. The first railway station at this location – then called Rotterdam Beurs – was opened on 2 May 1877. It formed part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. Destroyed during
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, it was replaced by a new station, Rotterdam Blaak, in 1953. The underground metro station opened on 6 May 1982, with space reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath it. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, had four tracks instead of the two on the viaduct. Train services are operated by
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(NS).


Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak: *2x per hour national (''Intercity'') service from Amsterdam to Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal and Vlissingen *2x per hour national (''Intercity'') service from Lelystad to Almere, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam and Dordrecht *4x per hour local service (''Sprinter'') from The Hague to Rotterdam and Dordrecht


Other public transport

The metro of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called ''Blaak''. Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 and line 24 stop. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:


External links


NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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