Amsterdam Sloterdijk station

Amsterdam Sloterdijk
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°23′21″N 4°50′17″E / 52.38917°N 4.83806°E / 52.38917; 4.83806Coordinates: 52°23′21″N 4°50′17″E / 52.38917°N 4.83806°E / 52.38917; 4.83806
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway Den Helder–Amsterdam railway Amsterdam–Schiphol railway, Metro line 50
Platforms	10 (train) 2 (metro)
Connections	GVB Amsterdam Metro: 50 GVB Amsterdam Tram: 12 Connexxion: 82, 382, 395 EBS: 309 GVB: 15, 22, 36, 61, 69, 231, 269, 748 MeinFernbus Flixbus: 011, 044, 056, 067, 068, 069, 075, 800, 802, 810, N44, N61, N67, N75, N800, X31
Other information
Station code	Ass
History
Opened	29 May 1983
Services Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Zaandam toward Den Helder or Schagen NS Intercity 800 Amsterdam Centraal toward Maastricht Haarlem toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 2100 Amsterdam Centraal Terminus Haarlem toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 Hoorn toward Enkhuizen NS Intercity 2900 Amsterdam Centraal toward Maastricht Zaandam toward Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 Amsterdam Centraal toward Nijmegen Hoorn toward Enkhuizen NS Intercity 3900 Amsterdam Centraal toward Heerlen NS Intercity 4500 Amsterdam Centraal Terminus Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 3300 Zaandam toward Hoorn Kersenboogerd Zaandam toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 Amsterdam Centraal toward Rotterdam Centraal Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 Amsterdam Centraal toward Zwolle Zaandam toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4700 Amsterdam Centraal Terminus Halfweg-Zwanenburg toward Hoorn NS Sprinter 4800 Halfweg-Zwanenburg toward Zandvoort NS Sprinter 5400 Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 5800 Amsterdam Centraal toward Amersfoort Vathorst Amsterdam Metro Isolatorweg Terminus Line 50 De Vlugtlaan toward Gein
Location
Amsterdam Sloterdijk Location within Northern Randstad Show map of Northern Randstad Amsterdam Sloterdijk Amsterdam Sloterdijk (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

Track 9 and 10 of Sloterdijk station

Amsterdam Sloterdijk is a major railway junction situated to the west of Amsterdam Centraal station. It is at a rail-rail crossing with an additional chord (Hemboog). It is on the railway line from Amsterdam Centraal to Haarlem and the last station before the junction where the line Amsterdam Centraal-Zaandam diverges from it, and on the crossing west branch of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway line between Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal. The Hemboog chord connects the crossing lines, providing a direct connection between Schiphol and Zaandam. There are platforms at both crossing lines and at the Hemboog; for the latter there is a separate entrance on another side of the station square.

There is also a metro line.

History

Construction of the platform on the Hemboog chord, December 2008

The original Amsterdam Sloterdijk station was opened in 1956 and was located just south of the current station. At that time, Sloterdijk was just a small village. From here you could travel to Haarlem; the line to Zaandam took a more northeasterly route via the Hembrug. In 1983, the line to Zaandam was rerouted via the Hemtunnel and the current station was opened, initially with the name Sloterdijk Noord. The old station was renamed to Sloterdijk Zuid, and closed in 1985 when the line to Haarlem was rerouted via the current station, which was renamed to Sloterdijk at the same time. The platforms for both these lines are at the lower level. In 1986 the Amsterdam - Schiphol line was opened, with platforms at the upper level. The Hemboog, connecting Schiphol to Zaandam, was opened in 2003, but had no platforms at Sloterdijk until these were opened on 14 December 2008, having a separate entrance.

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 April 2012, two passenger trains collided head-on between Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Sloterdijk railway station, injuring 117 people. The cause of the accident was the driver of one of the trains passing a signal at danger.
• On 14 December 2016, a Sprinter train was evacuated at the station due to a fire in a toilet. Arson is suspected to be the cause.^[1]

Station layout

At the ground level is the railway from Amsterdam to Haarlem and Zaandam, with branches to Alkmaar, Purmerend, and Hoorn; at elevated level is the railway from Amsterdam to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (and thence to Leiden and The Hague). The booking hall is at an intermediate raised level (as too, is the station square). On the south-west side of the crossing and beside the station square runs the Hemboog chord, connecting Schiphol and Amsterdam Lelylaan to Zaandam. The platforms on the Hemboog are numbered platforms 9 and 10.

Train services

As of 11 December 2017, the following train services call at this station:

• 2x per hour intercity service (Schagen -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour intercity service Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
• 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Heerlen
• 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam (peak hours)
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoorn - Zaandam - Amsterdam - Schiphol - Leiden
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Leiden - Schiphol - Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Zaandam - Amsterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Zandvoort - Haarlem - Amsterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoofddorp - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort Vathorst

Amsterdam Metro

Amsterdam Sloterdijk is also a station on the Amsterdam Metro line 50. This metro service was opened in 1997. It runs next to the railway line for Sloterdijk to Holendrecht.

Tram service

The tram service departs from the ground floor bus station which opened in December 2010, known as the Carrascoplein.

GVB operates 1 tram service to Sloterdijk.

• 12 Station Sloterdijk - Bos en Lommer - Museumplein - Rivierenbuurt - Amstelstation

Bus services

Bus services operated by GVB, EBS and Connexxion depart from the ground floor bus station which opened in December 2010, known as the Carrascoplein.

Gallery

• 
  Railways on two levels
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  Amsterdam Sloterdijk from the Hemboog
• 
  Tram at the former tram stop
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  A mix of regional and city buses in the Evening Peak at the former Bus Station
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  A Metro on line 50 at Sloterdijk

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amsterdam Sloterdijk.

• Connexxion bus at the new bus station (from flickr)
• Tram at the new tram stop (from flickr)