Amersfoort railway station

Infobox NS-station
station = Amersfoort
stationsnaam = Amersfoort
latdeg=52 |latmin=9 |latsec=14 |londeg=5 |lonmin=22 |lonsec=27
positiekaartnaam=Randstad NO

Amersfoort railway station is the main railway station in Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

History

The station is an important link between the central part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country.

The original station building opened on 20 August 1863, and closed in 1904. It was called Amersfoort NCS and is located next to the railway tracks convert|200|m|ft|0 east of the end of the platforms of the current station. This first station opened as part of the "Centraalspoorweg" (“Central rail line”), which runs from Utrecht via Amersfoort to Zwolle.

In 1874 the "Gooilijn" opened, running from Amsterdam via Hilversum to Amersfoort. Two years later the line was extended to form the "Oosterspoorweg" (“East rail line”) from Amersfoort to Apeldoorn and Zutphen. In 1886 a railway line opened from Amersfoort to Kesteren. This line offered a direct service between Amsterdam and Nijmegen. However, the 1863 station was just too far east for the line, and so another station was built on the Kesteren line, called Amersfoort Stad. Parts of the Kesteren line still exist today. To permit connections between the two stations, a third station was built, called "Amersfoort Aansluiting" (“Amersfoort Connection”). Because this meant there were three stations all close to each other, it was decided to consolidate them and the current station was built and opened in 1901. It was renovated in 1997, at which time a third island-platform, as well as an exit on the north side of the station, were built.

Since 1970 Amersfoort has been important for intercity passengers, as it is the only station where all cross country intercity trains from Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam to Leeuwarden, Groningen and Enschede meet. Passengers only need to cross to the other side of an island platform to change for trains to other destinations.

A second station was opened in Amersfoort in 1987, called Amersfoort Schothorst, and in 2006 a third was opened, Amersfort Vathorst. Both these stations are on the Amersfoort – Zwolle line.

Train Services

The following train services currently call at Amersfoort:

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