Rotterdam Blaak station

Rotterdam Blaak
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E / 51.92000; 4.48917Coordinates: 51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E / 51.92000; 4.48917
Line(s)	Breda–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	4
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24 RET: 32, 47
Other information
Station code	Rtb
History
Opened	1877
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Dordrecht toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Rotterdam Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal Dordrecht Terminus NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Rotterdam Centraal Weekdays and Saturdays except evenings toward Lelystad Centrum Rotterdam Centraal Evenings until +/- 10:00pm and Sundays from +/- 10:30am until +/- 10:00pm toward Lelystad Centrum Rotterdam Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Rotterdam Zuid toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour Rotterdam Metro Beurs toward Schiedam Centrum Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Oostplein toward Binnenhof Line B Oostplein toward Nesselande Beurs toward De Akkers Line C Oostplein toward De Terp
Location
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Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in Rotterdam, Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam Centraal and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses and the Markthal.

On 2 May 1877 the first railway station on this location was opened, then called Rotterdam Beurs. This station was part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. After the station had been destroyed during World War II, a new station opened in 1953, called Rotterdam Blaak.

When the underground metro station was opened on 6 May 1982, space was already reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath the metro station. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, now had 4 tracks instead of the 2 on the viaduct. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak:

• 2x per hour national (Intercity) service from Amsterdam to Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal and Vlissingen
• 2x per hour national (Intercity) service from Lelystad to Almere, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam and Dordrecht
• 4x per hour local service (Sprinter) from The Hague to Rotterdam and Dordrecht

Other public transport

The metro of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called Blaak.

Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 stops. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET

The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)