Rotterdam Stadion is a

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in the city of

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...

in the

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, located on the railway line between

and

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 R ...

. The station is located in front of

De Kuip Stadion Feijenoord (), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (, the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same na ...

, venue of the football club

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

The station is only in service during football matches or other events at the stadium.

History

The railway station Rotterdam Stadion was built in 1937, as a station 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 ...

. It was specially built for Stadion Feijenoord which opened earlier that year. It is not really much of a station, in fact it is a platform, between two pieces of railway track, giving it two platform tracks. A traverse makes it possible to go to the stadium. Due to

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a special tube was built around the traverse to separate home and away supporters.

The future

Plans are being made for a new Feyenoord stadium, at the border of the

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. With the new stadium, comes a make-over of the whole area. In this plan, there will be a new, big

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station making it a public-transportation hub. In November 2022 the Dutch government announced a big investment in infrastructure throughout the entire country. A part of this investment is upgrading Rotterdam Stadion to a full service railway station with the new name Rotterdam Stadionpark.

Train services

Shuttle train services from Rotterdam Centraal and Dordrecht operate when football matches or concerts take place in the stadium.

References

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
{{Railway stations in South Holland Stadion Railway stations opened in 1953