Purmerend railway station
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| Location | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°30′12″N 4°57′15″E / 52.50333°N 4.95417°E | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway | |||||||||||||||
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Purmerend is the railway station in the centre of Purmerend, Netherlands. The station opened on 20 May 1884 as part of the Zaandam–Hoorn railway, extended to Enkhuizen in 1885. The original station building was demolished in 1957. The station building, built in 1958, was used until February 1, 2008, when it had a small role as counter only open on weekdays from seven to eleven o'clock in the morning. Nowadays a Chinese restaurant is housed in the building.
Train services
[edit]The following services currently call at Purmerend:
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Zaandam - Hoorn Kersenboogerd
Only during Rush Hour and peak direction Only:
- 2x per hour (Intercity) service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam
From December 2008, the direct connection with Amsterdam Centraal was lost, due to the Stoptrain 4500 becoming an Intercity, not stopping between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Hoorn. Therefore, it is recommended to travel to Zaandam or Amsterdam Sloterdijk to get to the centre of Amsterdam.
The station is also served by two bus lines, 110 to Purmer North - Edam - Volendam - Katwoude - Monnickendam - Broek in Waterland - Schouw and Amsterdam Noord Metro Station and neighborhood bus 416 to Zuidoostbeemster - Middenbeemster - Westbeemster and De Rijp.
External links
[edit]- NS website (in Dutch)
- Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
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