Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station

Amsterdam Sloterdijk
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°23′21″N 4°50′17″E / 52.38917°N 4.83806°E / 52.38917; 4.83806Coordinates: 52°23′21″N 4°50′17″E / 52.38917°N 4.83806°E / 52.38917; 4.83806
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway Den Helder–Amsterdam railway Amsterdam–Schiphol railway, Metro line 50
Platforms	8 (train) 2 (metro)
Connections	GVB Amsterdam Metro: 50 GVB Amsterdam Tram: 12 Connexxion: 82, 395 EBS: 309 GVB: 15, 36, 48, 56, 61, 69, 231, 269, 348, 369 MeinFernbus Flixbus: 011, 044, 056, 067, 068, 069, 075, 800, 802, 810, N44, N61, N67, N75, N800, X31
Other information
Station code	Ass
History
Opened	29 May 1983
Services Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Zaandam toward Schagen NS Intercity 800 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Amsterdam Centraal toward Maastricht Zaandam toward Alkmaar NS Intercity 800 2x/hour; Not on weekdays rush hours, evenings and Sundays Haarlem toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 2100 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Amsterdam Centraal Terminus Haarlem toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Zaandam toward Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 2x/hour Amsterdam Centraal toward Nijmegen Hoorn toward Enkhuizen NS Intercity 4500 2x/hour Amsterdam Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 14500 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Leiden Centraal NS Sprinter 3300 2x/hour; Not on evenings Zaandam toward Hoorn Kersenboogerd Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 3300 2x/hour; Evenings only Zaandam toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 2x/hour Amsterdam Centraal toward Rotterdam Centraal Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour Amsterdam Centraal toward Zwolle Zaandam toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4700 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends. Continues at/arrives at Amsterdam Centraal as Sprinter 7400 to/from Rhenen Amsterdam Centraal Terminus Halfweg-Zwanenburg toward Hoorn NS Sprinter 4800 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour Alkmaar-Hoorn on evenings Halfweg-Zwanenburg toward Zandvoort NS Sprinter 5400 2x/hour Amsterdam Lelylaan toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Amsterdam Centraal toward Amersfoort Vathorst NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only Amsterdam Centraal toward Amersfoort Amsterdam Metro Isolatorweg Terminus Line 50 De Vlugtlaan toward Gein
Location

Amsterdam Sloterdijk is a major railway junction situated to the west of Amsterdam Centraal station. It is at a rail-rail crossing with an additional chord (Hemboog). It is on the railway line from Amsterdam Centraal to Haarlem and the last station before the junction where the line Amsterdam Centraal-Zaandam diverges from it, and on the crossing west branch of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway line between Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal. The Hemboog chord connects the crossing lines, providing a direct connection between Schiphol and Zaandam. There are platforms at both crossing lines and at the Hemboog; for the latter there is a separate entrance on another side of the station square.

There is also a metro line.

The original Amsterdam Sloterdijk station was opened in 1956, this was located just south of the current station. This station was for when Sloterdijk was just a small village. From here you could travel to Haarlem. In 1983 when the current station was opened, although it was only the line to Zaandam at the time, the station was called Sloterdijk Zuid and Sloterdijk Noord. This station closed in 1985 and the line was re-routed via Sloterdijk Noord. In 1986 the Amsterdam - Schiphol line was opened. The Hemboog was opened in 2003; its platforms were opened on 14 December 2008.

At the ground level is the railway from Amsterdam to Haarlem and Zaandam, with branches to Alkmaar, Purmerend, and Hoorn; at elevated level is the railway from Amsterdam to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (and thence to Leiden and The Hague). The booking hall is at an intermediate raised level (as too, is the station square). On the south-west side of the crossing and beside the station square runs the Hemboog chord, connecting Schiphol and Amsterdam Lelylaan to Zaandam. The platforms on the Hemboog are numbered platforms 9 and 10.