Zwolle railway station

Zwolle

Zwolle railway station
Location Zwolle, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°30′19″N 6°5′26″E / 52.50528°N 6.09056°E / 52.50528; 6.09056Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 6°5′26″E / 52.50528°N 6.09056°E / 52.50528; 6.09056
Owned by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s) Utrecht–Kampen railway
Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
Zwolle–Almelo railway
Zwolle–Emmen railway
Lelystad–Zwolle railway
Platforms 9
Tracks 13
Connections OV Regio IJsselmond: 70, 71, 74, 171, 641
Syntus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 29, 40, 83, 100, 161, 166, 167, 200, 201, 202, 203, 609, 667, 668
Other information
Station code Zl
History
Opened 6 June 1864
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
NS Intercity 500
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 12500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 700/12600 on section Zwolle-Groningen
toward Groningen
NS Intercity 700
1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 12700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 500 on section Zwolle-Groningen
toward Roosendaal
NS Intercity 3600
2x/hour
Terminus
NS Intercity 12500
1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12600/12700 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden
toward Leeuwarden
toward Vlissingen
NS Intercity 12600
2x/hour Vlissingen-Zwolle, 1x/hour Zwolle-Groningen and 1x/hour Zwolle-Leeuwarden; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Zwolle-Groningen and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12500 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden
toward Groningen
toward Leeuwarden
NS Intercity 12700
1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12500 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden
NS Sprinter 4600
2x/hour
Terminus
NS Sprinter 5600
2x/hour
TerminusNS Sprinter 7900
2x/hour
toward Enschede
Terminus
NS Sprinter 8500
2x/hour
Terminus
TerminusNS Sprinter 9100
2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on Sunday mornings and early Sunday afternoons
toward Groningen
Preceding station   Arriva   Following station
TerminusSneltrein 3800
1x/hour
toward Emmen
Sneltrein 13800
2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only
toward Coevorden
Stoptrein 8000
1x/hour
toward Emmen
Location

Zwolle is a railway station in Zwolle, Netherlands. The station opened on 6 June 1864 and is on the Utrecht–Kampen railway, also known as the Centraalspoorweg, the Zwolle–Almelo railway, the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Zwolle–Emmen railway and the Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanzelijn.

The station is a major hub for the Northern Netherlands. It is the only way trains can get from the north of the country, to any other region of the Netherlands.

ZwolleSpoort

On August 31, 2010, the principal stakeholders in the railway station (Prorail, the Dutch Railways and the municipality of Zwolle) started the ZwolleSpoort project. This project will result in a major renovation of the existing station, an increase in capacity and an overhaul of the entire public transportation organization in the city.[1] The main reason for the project is the Hanzelijn project, which is expected to increase the passenger traffic by 33% in the period up to 2020. In order to deal with the extra traffic, the passenger tunnel (which was 5 meters wide) in the station was replaced by a new tunnel 17 meters wide and 120 meters long. The new tunnel, which opened on 26 June 2015, will lead onto a new public transportation terminal at the southern end of the station, which will be the main crossroads of the city buses, regional buses and the future tramline to the town of Kampen.[1] The tunnel will also feature shopping facilities.

The project also entails increasing the capacity and efficiency of the railway emplacement. The new Hanzelijn will be accommodated by a new, fourth railway platform and the 34 points near the station will be replaced by 15 longer ones which will allow a more efficient railway pattern and allow trains to pass at higher speeds.[1]

Train services

The following train services currently call at Zwolle:

Bus services

Many bus services also depart from the bus stations outside the station. These include services all over the city and regional services to Harderwijk, Apeldoorn, Urk, Steenwijk, Meppel, Coevorden, Ommen, Raalte and Deventer. NS (e.g. Steenwijk NS) means this service calls at the railway station (e.g. in Steenwijk).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mischa, Brendel (18 September 2010). "Vernieuwing station Zwolle van start" [Renovation of Zwolle Station started]. Technisch Weekblad (in Dutch). Netherlands: BETA publishers. p. 5. ISSN 0923-1919. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
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