Utrecht Terwijde is a railway station 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 Maas ...
. It is located between
Vleuten
Vleuten is a former village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. Today, it is a neighbourhood of the city of Utrecht, and lies about 6 km west from the city centre. Vleuten has a railway station on the line between Utrecht and Woerden.
In 2001, ...
and
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn stations.
The Terwijde neighbourhood is part of the
Leidsche Rijn area under construction, west of
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...
.
Because of the large number of
Commuters in this area, a temporary railway station was built in 2003. And in 2005 construction started next to this station for the actual station, which opened on 5 November 2007.
Utrecht Terwijde railway station is part of a large project of expanding the two track line to four tracks on this stretch of the railway, which was completed in 2011.
Train services
The following services call at Utrecht Terwijde:
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Gouda - Utrecht
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Woerden - Utrecht
Bus services
* 4 (''Zuilen - Centraal Station - Leidsche Rijn - Utrecht Terwijde'')
References
NS websiteU OV websiteDutch public transport planner
Terwijde
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