's-Hertogenbosch railway station

's-Hertogenbosch
NS interurban rail station
Station entrance
Coordinates	51°41′24″N 5°17′36″E / 51.69°N 5.293333°E / 51.69; 5.293333Coordinates: 51°41′24″N 5°17′36″E / 51.69°N 5.293333°E / 51.69; 5.293333
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Utrecht–Boxtel railway Tilburg–Nijmegen railway
Platforms	2 island platforms 1 side platform
Tracks	8
Connections	Arriva: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 90, 135, 136, 140, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 203, 213, 239, 300, 301, 302, 306, 639, 643, 662, 665, 666, 800
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Ht
History
Opened	1 November 1868
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	14.652 million  0.2%
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Utrecht Centraal toward Schagen NS Intercity 800 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Eindhoven toward Maastricht Utrecht Centraal toward Alkmaar NS Intercity 800 2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours, evenings and Sundays Utrecht Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Intercity 800 2x/hour; Evenings and Sundays only Utrecht Centraal toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 3500 2x/hour; Not on evenings Eindhoven toward Heerlen and Venlo NS Intercity 3500 2x/hour; Evenings until +/- 9:15pm Eindhoven toward Venlo Tilburg toward Roosendaal NS Intercity 3600 2x/hour Oss toward Zwolle Utrecht Centraal Terminus NS Nachtnet 21400 1x/hour; Nighttrain Intercity service, Friday Night and Saturday Night until +/- 2:00am only Eindhoven Terminus Terminus NS Nachtnet 21400 1x/hour; Nighttrain Intercity service shuttle, Friday Night and Saturday Night until +/- 2:00am only Tilburg Terminus NS Sprinter 4400 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on Sundays until 5:00pm; Not on evenings. Continues/arrives as Sprinter 9600 to/from Deurne 's-Hertogenbosch Oost toward Arnhem Centraal NS Sprinter 4400 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour after 10:00pm; Evenings only Continues/arrives as Sprinter 9600 to/from Deurne 's-Hertogenbosch Oost toward Nijmegen Tilburg toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 6600 2x/hour Terminus Terminus NS Sprinter 6700 2x/hour; Weekdays morning rush hours only 's-Hertogenbosch Oost One-way operation NS Sprinter 6700 2x/hour; Weekdays evening rush hours only 's-Hertogenbosch Oost toward Oss Zaltbommel toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 6900 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour after 10:00pm; Continues as/arrives as Sprinter 7800 to/from Den Haag Centraal at Utrecht Centraal Terminus Terminus NS Sprinter 9600 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour Eindhoven-Deurne on Sundays; Continues/arrives as Sprinter 4400 to/from Arnhem Centraal Vught toward Deurne
Location

's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsɛrtoːɣənˈbɔs]) is a railway station located in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. The station and all services operating from it are run by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the national Dutch train operating company.

's-Hertogenbosch station opened on 1 November 1868 as the northern terminus of the southern portion of the Utrecht–Boxtel railway (Staatslijn H), with service south to Boxtel. Only in 1870 were the two parts of Line H joined together, allowing for direct service to Utrecht Centraal. As the town was a fortress at the time, the station was designed with attack in mind; its wood truss construction allowed it to be dismantled or damaged with minimal waste. 's-Hertogenbosch station was further expanded upon the opening of the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway, making it an important railway junction.

In 1896, the original station was replaced with a large brick structure designed by Eduard Cuypers. The station was relocated a few hundred metres south of the original, along with the realignment of the tracks to the west. The second 's-Hertogenbosch station was characterised by its neo-Renaissance style, with a second floor for railway employees. During World War II, at 16 September 1944, the station caught fire and burnt down; it was never rebuilt to its former glory.

A more modern, post-war building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn was erected in 1951. The remaining parts of the second building were incorporated, while the third station's canopy remains to this day. 's-Hertogenbosch was again rebuilt in 1998, with an extension of the roof to the other island platform. Much of the renovation consisted of an aerial walkway, the Stationspasserelle, connecting the roadways on either side of the tracks, and the removal of a special ramp to the platforms. Criticism of the fourth station was levied due to wind sensitivity; Nederlandse Spoorwegen retaliated by declaring: "You are indeed at the train station to go, not to hang out."