Houten railway station

Houten
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°02′04″N 5°10′04″E / 52.03444°N 5.16778°E / 52.03444; 5.16778Coordinates: 52°02′04″N 5°10′04″E / 52.03444°N 5.16778°E / 52.03444; 5.16778
Line(s)	Utrecht–Boxtel railway
Other information
Station code	Htn
History
Opened	1 November 1868
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Utrecht Lunetten toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 6000 Houten Castellum toward Tiel NS Sprinter 16000 Continues at/arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch as Sprinter 13600 to/from Breda Houten Castellum toward 's-Hertogenbosch
Location
Houten Location within Randstad

Houten is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 November 1868 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line which closed on 14 December 2008. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station was closed between 1935 and 1982.

A 2005 ProRail survey estimated there were about 9,224 passengers using this station per day.

The original station was the one opened in 1868. This closed in 1935.

In August 2007, the station building was moved 150 m (492 ft) north of its previous location, which was 600 m (1,969 ft) south of the current station.

The building had to be moved to allow for the line to be quad-tracked from Utrecht to 's-Hertogenbosch, but the station building was part of Houten's past and it is the last building of its type on this line.

The following services currently call at Houten:

Old railway station building in February 2006

Building arriving at its new location, August 24, 2007

Platforms in 2006

Tram station at Houten

East side of station in 2006

New railway station, opened in 2011