Hoofddorp railway station

Hoofddorp
Location	Hoofddorp Netherlands
Coordinates	52°17′36″N 4°42′0″E / 52.29333°N 4.70000°E / 52.29333; 4.70000Coordinates: 52°17′36″N 4°42′0″E / 52.29333°N 4.70000°E / 52.29333; 4.70000
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	Hfd
History
Opened	1912, reopened 1981
Closed	1935
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Terminus NS Sprinter 3300 2x/hour Schiphol Airport toward Hoorn Kersenboogerd Nieuw Vennep toward Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 4300 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Schiphol Airport toward Almere Oostvaarders Terminus NS Sprinter 4300 2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours Nieuw-Vennep toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 5700 2x/hour Schiphol Airport toward Utrecht Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Schiphol Airport toward Amersfoort Vathorst NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only Schiphol Airport toward Amersfoort
Location

Hoofddorp is a railway station in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. The station is on the Amsterdam - Schiphol - Leiden Centraal - Den Haag - Rotterdam main line.

History

This is actually the second station in Hoofddorp; Earlier Hoofddorp had a station nearer to the town centre at the ceased Haarlemmermeerspoorlijn (Aalsmeer - Haarlem and Hoofddorp - Leiden). This station opened in 1912 and closed in 1935. The old station is still in use as a residence.

The current station opened on 31 May 1981. The station was rebuilt in 1998 to its current look.

Hoofddorp has a depot/sidings further west from the station, this is the reason many sprinter services have their terminus over here. Intercity services terminating at Schiphol also use this depot before returning. The station consist of 2 double-track platforms and has 6 tracks. Regular bus services stop at street level below the station. Fast service ZuidTangent buses 300 and 310 use platform level next to the station.

Hoofddorp railway station

Train services

Nowadays Hoofddorp only covers Sprinter services, that call at all stations en route:

• 2x per hour (Sprinter) Calling at: Hoofddorp, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Lelylaan, Amsterdam Sloterdijk, Zaandam, Zaandam Kogerveld, Purmerend Weidevenne, Purmerend, Purmerend Overwhere, Hoorn, Hoorn Kersenboogerd
• 2x per hour (sprinter) Calling at: (Peak hours: Leiden Centraal, Sassenheim, Nieuw Vennep) <-> Hoofddorp , Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Zuid, Amsterdam RAI, Duivendrecht, Diemen Zuid, Weesp, Almere Poort, Almere Muziekwijk, Almere Centrum, ALmere Parkwijk, Almere Buiten, Almere Oostvaarders
• 2x per hour (sprinter) Calling at: Utrecht Centraal, Utrecht Overvecht, Hollandsche Rading, Hilversum Sportpark, Hilversum, Hilversum Mediapark, Bussum Zuid, Naarden-Bussum, Weesp, Diemen Zuid, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Hoofddorp , Nieuw Vennep, Sassenheim, Leiden Centraal, de Vink, Voorschoten, Den Haag (The Hague) Mariahoeve, Den Haag Laan van NOI, Den Haag Centraal
• 2x per hour (sprinter) Calling at: Hoofddorp, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Lelylaan, Amsterdam Sloterdijk, Amsterdam Centraal, Amsterdam Muiderpoort, Amsterdam Science Park, Diemen, Weesp, Naarden-Bussum, Bussum Zuid, Hilversum Mediapark, Hilversum, Baarn, Amersfoort, Amersfoort Schothorst, Amersfoort Vathorst

Bus services

The following bus services call at Station Hoofddorp. Buses depart from the bus stops at street level below the station. Lines 300 and 310 depart at the viaduct next to the station. All buses are operated by Connexxion.

Gallery

• 
  The bus stop for service 300,310
• 
  DDM-1 arriving from Schiphol direction At the left Mat-64 from 1964 since 2010+2011 replaced by NS SLT, The trains of DDM-1 don't exist anymore.
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  A bus coming from under the station
• 
  The view west from the 300/310 bus stop

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoofddorp railway station.

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