Woerden railway station (Dutch: ''Station Woerden'') is the

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Woerden Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commu ...

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. The railway station was opened on 21 May 1855 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 ...

. In 1911 a new building was built in

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, that still exists. During 1993-1996 the railway station was modernised, replacing the wooden roof and stairways by modern ones. During the closing decades of the twentieth century growing numbers of stopping trains at the station and a sustained rise in the level of motorised traffic led to increasing delays both for cyclists and for motorists at the level crossing directly adjacent to the station on its western side. The matter was finally addressed early in the twenty-first century with the construction of a short section of a road tunnel under the railway lines: this replaced the old level crossing. The station has two platforms and two entrances. On every entrance, there is bicycle parking.

Train services

The following services call at Woerden: *2x per hour intercity service Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Utrecht *2x per hour local service ('' sprinter'') Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Gouda - Rotterdam *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Gouda- Woerden - Utrecht - Houten - Geldermalsen - Den Bosch *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Woerden - Utrecht - Houten - Tiel

Accidents

Woerden train accident

Near the station a British furlough train derailed on 21 November 1960 killing 2 people and 10 people were injured.

Harmelen train disaster

Near the station the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands took place on 8 January 1962, killing 93 people.

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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