Amersfoort railway station

Amersfoort
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°9′14″N 5°22′27″E / 52.15389°N 5.37417°E / 52.15389; 5.37417Coordinates: 52°9′14″N 5°22′27″E / 52.15389°N 5.37417°E / 52.15389; 5.37417
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Zutphen railway, Utrecht–Kampen railway, Kesteren–Amersfoort railway
Connections	Syntus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19, 56, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 102, 103, 252, 656 U-OV: 52, 252, 452
Other information
Station code	Amf
History
Opened	20 August 1863 (first station), 1902 (second)
Services
Preceding station   NS International   Following station Hilversum toward Amsterdam Centraal Intercity (DB) 140 1x/2 hours; Replaces Intercity 1500 on section Amsterdam Centraal-Deventer Apeldoorn toward Berlin Ostbahnhof Nederlandse Spoorwegen Utrecht Centraal toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 500 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 600 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 1800 to/from Leeuwarden at Zwolle Zwolle toward Groningen NS Intercity 600 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 700 to/from Groningen at Zwolle Zwolle toward Leeuwarden Hilversum toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Intercity 1500 2x/hour; Not on evenings, weekends and when Intercity 140 runs Apeldoorn toward Deventer NS Intercity 1500 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only, but not when Intercity 140 runs Terminus Hilversum toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 1600 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 11600 on section Schiphol Airport-Amersfoort and with Intercity 1700 on section Amersfoort-Enschede Apeldoorn toward Enschede Utrecht Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 11700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort and with Intercity 1600 on section Amersfoort-Enschede Hilversum toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 11600 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 1600 on section Schiphol Airport-Amersfoort and with Intercity 11700 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst Amersfoort Schothorst Terminus Utrecht Centraal toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 11700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 1700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort and with Intercity 11600 on section Amersfoort-Amersfoort Schothorst Den Dolder toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 5600 2x/hour Amersfoort Schothorst toward Zwolle Baarn toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Amersfoort Schothorst toward Amersfoort Vathorst NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only Terminus Connexxion Terminus Connexxion Stoptrein 31300 2x/hour Hoevelaken toward Ede-Wageningen Connexxion Stoptrein 31400 2x/hour Hoevelaken toward Barneveld Zuid
Location
Amersfoort Location within Randstad

Amersfoort railway station is the main railway station in Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The station was an important link between the western part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country until December 2012 when the Hanzelijn opened.

The original station building opened on 20 August 1863, and closed in 1904. It was called Amersfoort NCS and is located next to the railway tracks 200 metres (656 ft) east of the end of the platforms of the current station. This first station opened as part of the Utrecht–Kampen railway (“Centraalspoorweg”), which runs from Utrecht via Amersfoort to Zwolle and Kampen.

In 1874 the Gooilijn opened, running from Amsterdam via Hilversum to Amersfoort. Two years later the line was extended to form the Oosterspoorweg (“East rail line”) from Amersfoort to Apeldoorn and Zutphen. In 1886 a railway line opened from Amersfoort to Kesteren, offering a direct service between Amsterdam and Nijmegen. However, the 1863 station was just too far east for the line, and so another station was built on the Kesteren line, called Amersfoort Stad. Parts of the Kesteren line still exist today. To permit connections between the two stations, a third station was built, called Amersfoort Aansluiting (“Amersfoort Connection”). Because this meant there were three stations all close to each other, it was decided to consolidate them and the current station was built and opened in 1901. It was renovated in 1997, at which time a third island-platform, as well as an exit on the north side of the station, were built.

Since 1970, Amersfoort has been important for intercity passengers, as it was the only station where all cross country intercity trains from Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam to Leeuwarden, Groningen and Enschede met. Passengers only need to cross to the other side of an island platform to change for trains to other destinations. Since December 2012 and the opening of the Hanzelijn, trains from The Hague and Amsterdam now travel via Lelystad to Zwolle, avoiding Amersfoort.