Leeuwarden railway station

Leeuwarden
Railway station in 2018
General information
Location	Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E
Line(s)	Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway Leeuwarden–Groningen railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	27 October 1863
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Heerenveen towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 600 Terminus Grou-Jirnsum towards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1800 Grou-Jirnsum towards Lelystad Centrum NS Sprinter 9000 Preceding station Arriva Following station Terminus Sneltrein 37300 Buitenpost towards Groningen Stoptrein 37000 Mantgum towards Sneek Stoptrein 37100 Mantgum towards Stavoren Deinum towards Harlingen Haven Stoptrein 37200 Terminus Terminus Stoptrein 37400 Leeuwarden Camminghaburen towards Groningen
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Leeuwarden railway station is the main railway station in Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens. Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.

Train services

As of 11 December 2016, the following train services call at this station:

• 1× per hour express Intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1× per hour express Intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1× per hour express Sneltrein service Leeuwarden - Buitenpost - Groningen
• 1× per hour local Sprinter service Leeuwarden - Meppel
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek
• 1× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek - Stavoren
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Harlingen Haven - Leeuwarden
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Groningen

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Noord Friesche Locaalspoorweg-Maatschappij Stoptrein North Friesland Railway		Leeuwarden Rijksweg

Bus services

Bus services are operated by Arriva and Qbuzz.

Gallery

• 
  Leeuwarden Station with Spurts
• 
  Station in 2006
• 
  Inside Leeuwarden Station Building
• 
  Railway station and bus station in 2018

External links

• Media related to Station Leeuwarden at Wikimedia Commons