Alkmaar railway station

Alkmaar
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°38′16″N 4°44′26″E / 52.63778°N 4.74056°E / 52.63778; 4.74056Coordinates: 52°38′16″N 4°44′26″E / 52.63778°N 4.74056°E / 52.63778; 4.74056
Line(s) Den Helder–Amsterdam railway
History
Opened 20 December 1865
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
toward Schagen
NS Intercity 800
2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only
toward Maastricht
TerminusNS Intercity 800
2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours, evenings and Sundays
toward Den Helder
NS Intercity 3000
2x/hour
(Except evenings and Sundays)
toward Nijmegen
(Evenings and Sundays only)
toward Nijmegen
toward Haarlem
NS Intercity 3400
2x/hour; Weekdays morning rush hours only
Terminus
One-way operation
NS Intercity 3400
2x/hour; Weekdays evening rush hours only
NS Sprinter 14800
2x/hour, but only 1x/hour Alkmaar-Hoorn on evenings
toward Hoorn
Location
Alkmaar
Location within Randstad

Alkmaar railway station serves the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands. It is located approximately 40 km northwest of Amsterdam. The station opened on 20 December 1865 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and it is an Intercity station, where all trains stop.

History

View of the station circa 1866.
The entrance hall of the modernised station in 2015.

Alkmaar Station opened on 20 December 1865 when the railway opened between Alkmaar and Den Helder. This was the second railway opened by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij after the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway. The line through Alkmaar was on the Staatslijn K railway, built by the Dutch state between 1865 and 1878.

The station building is a standard station building of the State Railways of the 1860s The three other remaining station buildings of this style are in Harlingen, Leeuwarden and Winschoten. The station building of Alkmaar was expanded in 1879 and in 1908, by which time the entire building had two floors. A small extension was made on the south side of the station, making it asymmetrical. Following the middle part of the building was expanded forwards. In 1929 the north side of the station building was extended. In the 1960s the station entrance was altered, the hall of the station gained a glass front.

The railway line from Amsterdam to Alkmaar was electrified in 1931. The line to Den Helder was electrified in 1958 and the line to Hoorn in 1974. Behind the platforms are 7 sidings, where trains are stabled between peak hours and at night.

Between 2014 and 2016 the north side of the station area was altered significantly. A new bridge has been built over the tracks which will connect the Bergerhof area and the station better. The tunnel under the platforms was closed as a result.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

A night Sprinter service operates on the route between Amsterdam - Uitgeest - Alkmaar - Den Helder.

Bus services

There is a bus station at the front of the station where the following bus services regularly depart from. All bus services are operated by Connexxion, except 350 which is operated by Arriva.

References

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