Rotterdam Blaak station

Rotterdam Blaak
General information
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°55′12″N 4°29′21″E / 51.92000°N 4.48917°E / 51.92000; 4.48917
Line(s)	Breda–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	4
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B, C RET Rotterdam Tram: 21, 24 RET: 32, 47
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	Rtb
History
Opened	1877
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Dordrecht towards Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Rotterdam Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal Dordrecht Terminus NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Rotterdam Centraal Weekdays and Saturdays except evenings towards Lelystad Centrum Rotterdam Centraal Evenings until +/- 10:00pm and Sundays from +/- 10:30am until +/- 10:00pm towards Lelystad Centrum Rotterdam Centraal towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Rotterdam Zuid towards Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour Rotterdam Zuid towards Roosendaal Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Beurs towards Schiedam Centrum Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Oostplein towards Binnenhof Beurs towards Hoek van Holland Strand Line B Oostplein towards Nesselande Beurs towards De Akkers Line C Oostplein towards De Terp
Location
Rotterdam Blaak Location within Southwest Randstad Show map of Southwest Randstad Rotterdam Blaak Rotterdam Blaak (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

Rotterdam Blaak is a railway and metro station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Located in the centre of the city, not far from the cube houses and the Markthal, the station is served by trains operating on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam Centraal and Dordrecht.

The first railway station at this location – then called Rotterdam Beurs – was opened on 2 May 1877. It formed part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. Destroyed during World War II, it was replaced by a new station, Rotterdam Blaak, in 1953.

The underground metro station opened on 6 May 1982, with space reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath it. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, had four tracks instead of the two on the viaduct. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak:

• 2x per hour national (Intercity) service from Amsterdam to Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal and Vlissingen
• 2x per hour national (Intercity) service from Lelystad to Almere, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam and Dordrecht
• 4x per hour local service (Sprinter) from The Hague to Rotterdam and Dordrecht

Other public transport

The metro of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called Blaak.

Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 21 and line 24 stop. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET

The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)