Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station

Heemstede-Aerdenhout
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°21′35″N 4°36′25″E / 52.35972°N 4.60694°ECoordinates: 52°21′35″N 4°36′25″E / 52.35972°N 4.60694°E
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
History
Opened	1 October 1891, 1958 (current)
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Leiden Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 2100 2x/hour Haarlem toward Amsterdam Centraal Leiden Centraal toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Hillegom toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 6300 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Haarlem Terminus Hillegom toward Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 6300 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only
Location
Heemstede-Aerdenhout Location within Randstad

Heemstede-Aerdenhout is a railway station in Heemstede and Aerdenhout, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam - Rotterdam) closely. The train soon became the favored method of travel after the station opened, and the canal has gone out of use since the end of the second world war. The current station building was opened in 1958 and was one of the first Dutch viaduct stations.

Formerly all trains running between Rotterdam and Amsterdam operated via Haarlem and stopped in Heemstede. Intercity trains still stop in Heemstede, though the fastest train line from Leiden to Amsterdam now runs via Schiphol railway station, not Haarlem.

Train services

The following train services currently call at Heemstede-Aerdenhout:

• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem

Bus Services

• 3 (IJmuiden - Haarlem - Schalkwijk)
• 4 (Heemstede De Glip - Heemstede-Aerdenhout station)
• 80 (Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zandvoort)
• 90 (Haarlem - Noordwijk - Den Haag)

External links

• NS website (English)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (English)
• Connexxion website (Dutch)