Voorburg is a
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 tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
located in
Voorburg
Voorburg is a town and former municipality in the west part of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Together with Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it makes up the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg. It has a population of about 39,000 people ...
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Netherlands
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on the
Gouda–Den Haag railway
The Gouda–Den Haag railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Gouda railway station to Den Haag Centraal railway station, passing through Zoetermeer railway station. It was opened in 1870.
Stations
The main interch ...
. The station was opened on 1 May 1870 and The train services are operated by
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 ...
. The station is also frequented by several local and some regional public bus-services.
Location and history
Station Voorburg is situated in the most Southern part of the historic town center of Voorburg. It parallels motorway
A12 which lies next to the railway at this point. Both motorway and railway-tracks/platform are elevated on long viaducts which spans different roads, streets and Canal de
Vliet. In the Western direction starts the rail yard which end at station
Den Haag Centraal.
Hofwijck
Next to the station lies
Hofwijck mansion which at present houses a museum of the town history and of its former owners
Christiaan and
Constantijn Huygens
Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist C ...
. Before the railway, motorway and station were built the area was a part of the then much bigger Hofwijck estate.
Stationbuilding
The present elevated building was the last station designed by Koen van der Gaast. Its construction started by 1986. Before there was only a little building designed by A.W. van Erkel.
Train services
The following services currently call at Voorburg:
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Gouda - Utrecht
*2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Gouda Goverwelle
References
External links
NS websiteDutch Public Transport journey planner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voorburg Railway Station
Railway stations in South Holland
Railway stations opened in 1870
Leidschendam-Voorburg