Dordrecht is a

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Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after ...

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located on the

Breda–Rotterdam railway The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the ''Staatslijn I'' ("state line I") in Dutch. The line was opened between 1866 and 1877 ...

and the

Elst–Dordrecht railway The Elst–Dordrecht railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Elst to Dordrecht, passing through Tiel, Geldermalsen and Gorinchem. It is also called the ''Betuwelijn'' ( Batavia line). MerwedeLingelijn is the name of the wester ...

. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between

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and

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was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to

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was opened. The

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railway station building is located to the south of the city centre. Dordrecht is now an important railway station on the

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railway network. The services to Gorinchem and Geldermalsen are operated by

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, Middelburg,

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and

Geldermalsen Geldermalsen () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Town of Geldermalsen The town centre of Geldermalsen contains a two-aisled Gothic church dating from the 15th century, with a Romanesque towe ...

Train services

The stations is served by the following services: *1x per hour international service Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels Airport - Brussels (Until April 8, 2018) *2x per hour intercity service Lelystad - Almere - Duivendrecht - Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht *2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen *1x per hour intercity service Dordrecht - Breda (Not evenings and weekends) *1x per hour night service (''nachtnet'') Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda - Eindhoven (weekends only) *4x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht (2x per hour on evenings and weekends) *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Dordrecht - Roosendaal (1x per hour on evenings and weekends) *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Dordrecht - Breda - Tilburg - 's-Hertogenbosch *2x per hour local services (''stoptrein'') Dordrecht - Gorinchem - Geldermalsen *2x per hour local services (''stoptrein'') Dordrecht - Gorinchem As of April 9, 2018 the international service Amsterdam - Brussels will be running on the

HSL-Zuid The HSL-Zuid ( nl, Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid, en, High-speed Line South), is a 125 kilometre-long (78 miles) Dutch high-speed railway line running between the Amsterdam metropolitan area and the Belgian border, with a branch to Breda, North ...

with a stop at Breda and does not call at Dordrecht and Roosendaal anymore. Passengers for Belgium can take a train to Breda and change trains there.

Bus services

Dordrecht is served by city bus services (stadsbussen) as well as regional bus services (streekbussen).

Stadsbussen

There are 8 city bus lines, which are operated by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.Stadspolders railway station * Zuid railway station * The ferry terminals at Papendrechtse Veer * The neighbourhoods Crabbehof, Dubbeldam, Het Reeland, Krispijn, Leerpark, Merwedepolder, Noordflank, Oudelandshoek, Staart, Stadspolders, Sterrenburg, Wielwijk and Zuidhoven * The industrial areas Amstelwijck and West The routes of the city buses are as follows:

Streekbussen

The regional bus lines provides services to/from: * Centrum (downtown area) * Stadskantoor (City Hall) * Ziekenhuis Dordwijk (Hospital) * Ziekenhuis Amstelwijck (Hospital) * Biesbosch National Park * The neighbourhoods Het Reeland, Krispijn, Leerpark, Staart and Wielwijk * The industrial area West * The nearby cities and towns Alblasserdam, Barendrecht, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Papendrecht, Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Sliedrecht and Zwijndrecht * The city of Utrecht * Villages around Dordrecht The routes of the regional buses, serving Dordrecht, are as follows:

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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