Zwolle railway station

Zwolle
Zwolle railway station
Location	Zwolle, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°30′19″N 6°5′26″E / 52.50528°N 6.09056°E / 52.50528; 6.09056Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 6°5′26″E / 52.50528°N 6.09056°E / 52.50528; 6.09056
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Utrecht–Kampen railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Zwolle–Almelo railway Zwolle–Emmen railway Lelystad–Zwolle railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	13
Connections	OV Regio IJsselmond: 70, 71, 74, 171, 641 Syntus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 29, 40, 83, 100, 161, 166, 167, 200, 201, 202, 203, 609, 667, 668
Other information
Station code	Zl
History
Opened	6 June 1864
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Amersfoort toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 500 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 600 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 700 on section Zwolle-Groningen Assen toward Groningen NS Intercity 600 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 1800 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden Steenwijk toward Leeuwarden Lelystad Centrum toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 1800 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 500 on section Zwolle-Groningen Assen toward Groningen NS Intercity 1800 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 600 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden Meppel toward Leeuwarden Wijhe toward Roosendaal NS Intercity 3600 2x/hour Terminus Kampen Zuid toward Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour Terminus Wezep toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 5600 2x/hour Terminus NS Sprinter 7900 2x/hour Heino toward Enschede NS Sprinter 8100 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on Sundays until 4:00pm Meppel toward Groningen Kampen Terminus NS Sprinter 8500 2x/hour Terminus Arriva Terminus Sneltrein 3800 1x/hour Dalfsen toward Emmen Sneltrein 13800 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Dalfsen toward Coevorden Stoptrein 8000 1x/hour Dalfsen toward Emmen
Location

Zwolle is a railway station in Zwolle, Netherlands. The station opened on 6 June 1864 and is on the Utrecht–Kampen railway, also known as the Centraalspoorweg, the Zwolle–Almelo railway, the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Zwolle–Emmen railway and the Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanzelijn.

The station is a major hub for the Northern Netherlands. It is the only way trains can get from the north of the country, to any other region of the Netherlands.

On August 31, 2010, the principal stakeholders in the railway station (Prorail, the Dutch Railways and the municipality of Zwolle) started the ZwolleSpoort project. This project will result in a major renovation of the existing station, an increase in capacity and an overhaul of the entire public transportation organization in the city. The main reason for the project is the Hanzelijn project, which is expected to increase the passenger traffic by 33% in the period up to 2020. In order to deal with the extra traffic, the passenger tunnel (which was 5 meters wide) in the station was replaced by a new tunnel 17 meters wide and 120 meters long. The new tunnel, which opened on 26 June 2015, will lead onto a new public transportation terminal at the southern end of the station, which will be the main crossroads of the city buses, regional buses and the future tramline to the town of Kampen. The tunnel will also feature shopping facilities.

The project also entails increasing the capacity and efficiency of the railway emplacement. The new Hanzelijn will be accommodated by a new, fourth railway platform and the 34 points near the station will be replaced by 15 longer ones which will allow a more efficient railway pattern and allow trains to pass at higher speeds.