Houten Castellum railway station
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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°01′05″N 5°10′44″E / 52.01806°N 5.17889°ECoordinates: 52°01′05″N 5°10′44″E / 52.01806°N 5.17889°E | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Utrecht–Boxtel railway | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 8 January 2001 (old), 12 December 2010 (new) | ||||||||||||||
Closed | 2008 (old) | ||||||||||||||
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Houten Castellum Location within Northeastern Randstad |
Houten Castellum is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands, which opened at 8 January 2001 and it is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway . Originally it was the southern most point of the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line. This temporary service closed at 14 December 2008. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. During this time the service was operated by a tram from Hannover on loan to Nederlandse Spoorwegen, operated by HTM. After closure of the tram line due to construction of a new station and expanding of the railway to 4 tracks, the tram service was replaced by a bus service. The new station opened at 12 December 2010, since then the bus service ceased. All local trains call at Houten Castellum at the center platform along the inner tracks, while Intercity services and cargo trains use the outer tracks.
Current Train Services
The following services call at Houten Castellum:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch
Gallery
- The station in 2006
- Last tram service in 2008
- Tram at Houten Castellum
- The station as seen from the surrounding shopping centre
- The platform in direction Utrecht Centraal railway station in 2012
External links
- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)