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Leeuwarden
Railway station in 2018
General information
Location	Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E / 53.19583°N 5.79111°E / 53.19583; 5.79111
Line(s)	Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway Leeuwarden–Groningen railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	27 October 1863
Services
Preceding station [REDACTED] Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Heerenveentowards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 600 Terminus Grou-Jirnsumtowards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1800 Grou-Jirnsumtowards Lelystad Centrum NS Sprinter 9000 Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station Terminus Sneltrein 37300 Buitenposttowards Groningen Stoptrein 37000 Mantgumtowards Sneek Stoptrein 37100 Mantgumtowards Stavoren Deinumtowards Harlingen Haven Stoptrein 37200 Terminus Terminus Stoptrein 37400 Leeuwarden Camminghaburentowards Groningen
Location LeeuwardenLocation within Netherlands

Leeuwarden railway station is the main railway station in Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens. Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.

Train services

The following train services call at this station:

• 1× per hour express Intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1× per hour express Intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1× per hour express Sneltrein service Leeuwarden - Buitenpost - Groningen
• 1× per hour local Sprinter service Leeuwarden - Meppel
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek
• 1× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek - Stavoren
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Harlingen Haven - Leeuwarden
• 2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Groningen

Bus services

Bus services are operated by Arriva and Qbuzz.

Gallery

• Leeuwarden Station with Spurts
• Station in 2006
• Inside Leeuwarden Station Building
• Railway station and bus station in 2018

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Station Leeuwarden at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Leeuwarden - martijnvanvulpen.nl" (in Dutch). 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
2. "station Leeuwarden - foto's en omschrijving op stationsweb". www.stationsweb.nl. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
3. "Train station Leeuwarden". 9292.nl. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

• Railway stations in Leeuwarden
• Railway stations on the Staatslijn A
• Railway stations on the Staatslijn B
• Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1863