*** Welcome to piglix ***

Almere Parkwijk railway station

Almere Parkwijk
Station Almere Parkwijk Flickr 01.jpg
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°22′36″N 5°14′40″E / 52.37667°N 5.24444°E / 52.37667; 5.24444Coordinates: 52°22′36″N 5°14′40″E / 52.37667°N 5.24444°E / 52.37667; 5.24444
Line(s) Weesp–Lelystad railway
Platforms 2
History
Opened 1 February 1996
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
toward Hoofddorp
NS Sprinter 4300
NS Sprinter 4600
toward Zwolle
Location
Almere Parkwijk is located in Randstad
Almere Parkwijk
Almere Parkwijk
Location within Randstad

Almere Parkwijk is a railway station which lies in Almere, in the Netherlands. It is located approximately 24 km east of Amsterdam. It is on the Weesp–Lelystad railway. The station is on the newest polder in the Netherlands, the Flevopolder which is in the Flevoland province. The station was opened on 1 February 1996. Although the station was built 9 years after the other Almere stations it is styled in the same way as Almere Muziekwijk and Almere Buiten.

Almere has become a commuter city for Amsterdam. The first house was built in 1976 and on 7 July 2008, it was recorded that there were 184 405 citizens living in Almere. The station lies in the centre of the 'Parkwijk' the Park Estate and the 'Verzetswijk'.

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


...
Wikipedia

...