Arnhem Centraal
The main building as of 2016
General information
LocationArnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Coordinates51°59′5″N 5°54′3″E / 51.98472°N 5.90083°E / 51.98472; 5.90083
Owned byNS Stations
Line(s)Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
Oberhausen–Arnhem railway
Platforms8
Tracks11
Construction
Platform levels2
History
Opened14 May 1845
Rebuilt2006-2015
Electrified1938
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Utrecht Centraal
towards Amsterdam Centraal
 ICE 43 Oberhausen Hbf
towards Basel SBB
ICE 78 Oberhausen Hbf
towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Ede-Wageningen
towards Den Helder
 NS Intercity 3000 Reverses direction
Nijmegen
Terminus
Ede-Wageningen
towards Schiphol Airport
 NS Intercity 3100
Nijmegen
Terminus
Ede-Wageningen
towards Rotterdam Centraal
 NS Intercity 3200 Terminus
Nijmegen
towards Roosendaal
 NS Intercity 3600 Dieren
towards Zwolle
Arnhem Zuid
towards Dordrecht
 NS Sprinter 6600 Terminus
Oosterbeek
towards Ede-Wageningen
 NS Sprinter 7500
Arnhem Zuid
towards Wijchen
 NS Sprinter 7600 Arnhem Velperpoort
towards Zutphen
Preceding station VIAS Following station
Terminus RE 19 Zevenaar
towards Düsseldorf Hbf
Preceding station Breng Following station
Terminus Breng Stoptrein 30700 Arnhem Velperpoort
towards Doetinchem
Preceding station Arriva Following station
Terminus Stoptrein 30900 Arnhem Velperpoort
towards Winterswijk
Elst
towards Tiel
 Stoptrein 31100 Terminus
Location
Arnhem Centraal is located in Netherlands
Arnhem Centraal
Arnhem Centraal
Location within Netherlands

Arnhem Centraal railway station is the largest railway station in the city of Arnhem in Gelderland, Netherlands. It was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. The station opened at the same time as the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, that continues into Germany via the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway.

The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers that use the station per day, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands. The main building has a surface of 18,000 m2 and a volume of 76,000 m3, the building has a capacity of 110.000 transfers per day.[1]

Building

Former station building
Entrance hall of the new station

In 2006 a reconstruction of the complete station area started. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On 2 July 2011, a new tunnel under the platforms opened. The temporary entrance closed down and dismantled in the autumn of 2011. As of that period the railway consists of four platforms including a footbridge connecting all platforms.

During the summer of 2011 a new dive under was created west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to underpass all tracks without interfering the other train services. All traffic on the western part of the station was completely suspended for five weeks. The dive under officially opened on 29 August 2011. The official re-opening of the completed station was on 19 November 2015, on this day the station was renamed Arnhem Centraal, formerly it had just been Arnhem.

The new design of the railway station was created by UNStudio[2] in collaboration with Cecil Balmond at Arup AGU. It won the Dutch Nationale Staalprijs.

Train services

The station is served by the following train services:

Bus services

Stairs in the station building

The bus services depart from the covered bus station underneath the Essent towers and from the area in front of the main entrance. Arnhem is known for its trolleybus service in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of city services.

Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Breng and regional services by Breng, Arriva and Syntus.

KLM also operates a bus service for KLM customers from the train station to Schiphol Airport.[3]

City services

Regional services

References

  1. ^ "Main building details from Architect". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  2. ^ OV terminal interior architecture
  3. ^ "Travel by bus or rail with a KLM ticket Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine." KLM. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.

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