Boskoop railway station
Encyclopedia
The Boskoop railway station is a railway station in Boskoop
, the Netherlands
, located on the RijnGouweLijn
between Gouda
and Alphen aan den Rijn
. The railway station was opened on 7 October 1934 to transport the products of the local horticultural nurseries
.
Boskoop
Boskoop is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 15,217 in 2008, and covers an area of 16.96 km² of which 2.17 km² is water...
, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, located on the RijnGouweLijn
RijnGouweLijn
The RijnGouweLijn or RGL is originally a plan for a light rail project in South Holland, Netherlands, with partly new rail tracks and partly using existing rail tracks of the Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway and the Woerden–Leiden railway....
between Gouda
Gouda railway station
Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, The Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway...
and Alphen aan den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn railway station
Alphen a/d Rijn railway station is a railway station in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.-History:The railway station was opened in 1878, as part of a railway connection between Leiden and Woerden...
. The railway station was opened on 7 October 1934 to transport the products of the local horticultural nurseries
Nursery (horticulture)
A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size. They include retail nurseries which sell to the general public, wholesale nurseries which sell only to businesses such as other nurseries and to commercial gardeners, and private nurseries which supply the needs of...
.
Train services
The following train services call at Boskoop:- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - Alphen aan den Rijn - Gouda