Arnhem Centraal railway station

Arnhem Centraal
File:23 april 2016 CS Arnhem.jpg ICE and NS trains at the railway station in 2012
Location	Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Coordinates
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen Arriva Breng
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway Oberhausen–Arnhem railway
Platforms	8
Tracks	10
History
Opened	14 May 1845
Rebuilt	2006-2015
Electrified	1938
Services
Preceding station   ICE   Following station Utrecht Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal Intercity-Express 100 1x/day Oberhausen Hbf toward Basel SBB Intercity-Express 120 5x/day Oberhausen Hbf toward Frankfurt (Main) Hbf CityNightLine Utrecht Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal City Night Line 419 1x/day Emmerich toward München Hbf/Zürich HB Nederlandse Spoorwegen Ede-Wageningen toward Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 2x/hour Nijmegen Terminus Ede-Wageningen toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 3100 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Arnhem Zuid toward Roosendaal NS Intercity 3600 2x/hour Dieren toward Zwolle Oosterbeek toward Ede-Wageningen NS Sprinter 7500 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on evenings and weekends Terminus Arnhem Zuid toward Nijmegen NS Sprinter 7600 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on evenings and Sundays Arnhem Velperpoort toward Zutphen Breng Terminus Breng Stoptrein 30700 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Arnhem Velperpoort toward Doetinchem Arriva Terminus Stoptrein 30900 2x/hour Arnhem Velperpoort toward Winterswijk Elst toward Tiel Stoptrein 31100 1x/hour, but 2x/hour during weekdays rush hours Terminus
Location

Arnhem Centraal is a railway station located in Arnhem, Netherlands. The station was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Rhijnspoorweg (Amsterdam - Emmerich), the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. The station opened at the same time as the Rhijnspoorweg.

The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers that use the station per day, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands. The main building has a surface of 18,000 m2 and a volume of 76,000 m3, the building has a capacity of 110.000 transfers per day.

Reconstruction

In 2006 a reconstruction of the complete station area started. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On July 2, 2011, a new tunnel under the platforms opened. The temporary entrance closed down and dismantled in the Autumn of 2011. As of that period the railway consists of 4 platforms including a footbridge connecting all platforms.

During the summer of 2011 a new dive under was created west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to underpass all tracks without interfering the other train services. All traffic on the western part of the station was completely suspended during 5 weeks. Drive under officially opened on the 29 of August in 2011. The official re-opening of the completed station was on 19 November 2015, on this day the station was renamed Arnhem Centraal, formerly it had just been Arnhem.

The new design of the railway station was created by UNStudio It won the Dutch Nationale Staalprijs.

Train services

The following services currently call at Arnhem:

• international:
  • 1 daily Intercity-Express service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt Airport - Basel
  • 5 daily Intercity-Express services Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt
  • 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Munich
  • 1 daily CityNightLine service Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Basel - Zurich
• national:
  • 2x per hour Intercity services Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Nijmegen
  • 2x per hour Intercity services Schiphol - Utrecht - Nijmegen
  • 2x per hour Intercity services Zwolle - Nijmegen - Roosendaal
  • 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem
  • 2x per hour local services (sprinter) Nijmegen - Arnhem - Zutphen
  • 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem
  • 2x per hour local services (stoptrein) Arnhem - Doetinchem - Winterswijk
  • 1x per hour local service (stoptrein) Tiel - Elst - Arnhem (2x per hour during peak hours)

Bus Services

The bus services depart from the covered bus station underneath the Essent towers. Arnhem is known for its trolleybus service in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of city services.

Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Breng and regional services by Breng, Arriva and Syntus.

City services

• 1 Oosterbeek - Centraal Station - City Centre - Velp
• 2 Hoogkamp - City Centre - Centraal Station - Kronenburg - De Laar Oost - De Laar West
• 3 Het Duifje - City Centre - Centraal Station - Alteveer (Open Air Museum)/ Burgers Zoo
• 4 Centraal Station - Elderveld - Station Arnhem Zuid
• 5 Schuytgraaf - Station Arnhem Zuid - Centraal Station - City Centre - Presikhaaf
• 6 De Laar West - Centraal Station - City Centre - Elsweide/HAN
• 7 Rijkerswoerd - Kronenburg - Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Geitenkamp
• 8 Presikhaaf - City Centre - Holthuize
• 9 Schaarsbergen I.P.C. - City Centre - Centraal Station - Velp Ziekenhuis
• 10 Centraal Station - Sportcentrum Papendal

Regional services

• 26 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Dieren
• 27 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
• 29 Arnhem - Velp - Rheden - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
• 31 Arnhem - Kronenburg - Elst - Nijmegen
• 33 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Angeren - Doornenburg - Gendt - Bemmel - Lent - Nijmegen
• 43 Arnhem - Westervoort - Velp - Rheden - Ellecom - Dieren - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
• 51 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum - Wageningen
• 60 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
• 61 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar
• 62 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven
• 69 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
• 76 Arnhem - Driel - Heteren
• 86 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Renkum - Wageningen - Bennekom - Ede
• 88 Arnhem - Elden - De Laar - Elst
• 91 Arnhem - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
• 105 Arnhem - Barneveld
• 109 Arnhem - Hoogkamp - Wolfheze
• 231 Arnhem - De Maten (Apeldoorn) - Apeldoorn
• 300 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Bemmel - Nijmegen

Gallery

• Perrontunnel Station Arnhem, vooringang.jpg

  Tunnel under the platforms opened in July 2011

• Arnhem Station Arriva 368, NS 2134.jpg

  Local trains to Winterswijk and Ede-Wageningen at Arnhem

• Arnhem railway station Oct 11.jpg

  A VIRM at the modernised Arnhem station (October 2011)

• Station Arnhem (12-2005).jpg

  Original Station Building (Right), Bus Station and Essent Towers

• Station Arnhem achteringang (12-2005).jpg

  Portal to original platform footbridge (removed 2011)

• Station-ah-voorzijde-20061023.jpg

  Temporary Station Building, October 2006

• Station Arnhem.JPG

  Temporary steps, from platform to temporary station building

• Arnhem aanleg spoor 2011.jpg

  Arnhem Station, construction of 4th platform

External links

• (Dutch) Station Arnhem, train schedules and station facilities