Hoek van Holland Strand metro station is a

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Hook of Holland Hook of Holland ( nl, Hoek van Holland, ) is a town in the southwestern corner of Holland, hence the name; ''hoek'' means "corner" and was the word in use before the word ''kaap'' – "cape", from Portuguese ''cabo'' – became Dutch. The English t ...

(Hoek van Holland),

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. It consists of two tracks with side platforms. Its former site was the terminus of the

Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway The Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway (also called the ''Hoekse Lijn'') is a former railway line and current rapid transit line of the Rotterdam Metro between Schiedam and Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) along the Nieuwe Maas, in the west of ...

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when it opened on 1 June 1893. Its name is derived from the nearby

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beach, ''strand'' being

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for “

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”. The

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 ...

stopped operating the line, including Hoek van Holland Strand railway station, on 1 April 2017, and the line was transferred to the Rotterdam Metro. Metro line B service opened as far as the preceding station, Hoek van Holland Haven metro station, on 30 September 2019. After reconstruction of the rail infrastructure and the facilities, the opening of the replacement metro station took place on 31 March 2023, at which time it again became the western terminus of the line. The new station will be much closer to the beach, so further west, than the original station.

Train services

The station reopened on 31 March 2023 and has a roughly 20 min service frequency towards Rotterdam City

References

External links

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoek Van Holland Strand Railway Station Rotterdam Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1893 Railway stations on the Hoekse Lijn