Enkhuizen railway station
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Enkhuizen is a terminus railway station in Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen
Enkhuizen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.Enkhuizen was one of the harbour-towns of the VOC, just like Hoorn and Amsterdam, from where overseas trade with the East Indies was conducted. It received city rights in 1355...

, the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. The station opened on the 6th June 1885 and is located at the end of the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway
Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway
The Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Zaandam to Enkhuizen, passing through Purmerend and Hoorn. The line was opened between 1884 and 1885 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij.-Stations:...

. The station and services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

. The station has a nearby ferry departure point with a ferry to Stavoren
Stavoren
Stavoren is a small town on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 5 km south of Hindeloopen. It lies within the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Stavoren was granted city rights in 1118, making it the oldest city in Friesland...

. There is also a ferry to and from Medemblik
Medemblik
Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.- History :...

, allowing one to travel the so-called "historical triangle" using the Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik
Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik
The Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik is a heritage railway in the Netherlands. It runs from Hoorn to Medemblik, a distance of about 20km.-Original:...

 from Hoorn to Medemblik, the boat to Enkhuizen and the train back to Hoorn from here (or the other way around). Both ferry services operate only during the summer.

Train services

The following services currently call at Enkhuizen:
  • 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam
  • 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam (peak hours)

Bus service

Bus Service Operator Route Frequency Notes
Connexxion
138 Connexxion
Connexxion
Connexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and far northern part of the country. It was formed in 1999 as result of a fusion between the public transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French...

Enkhuizen NS - Town Centre - Enkhuizen Noord (Flosbeugel) - Bovenkarspel
Bovenkarspel
Bovenkarspel is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Until 1979, it was a separate municipality.-Legionella outbreak:...

 - Grootebroek
Grootebroek
Grootebroek is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Stede Broec.Grootebroek was a separate municipality until 1979....

 - Lutjebroek
Lutjebroek
Lutjebroek is a village in the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Stede Broec. Lutjebroek has a population of just over 2000 people.In colloquial Dutch, Lutjebroek has become synonymous with "any insignificant speck on the map"...

 - Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia....

 - Venhuizen
Venhuizen
Venhuizen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen also was a municipality until 1 January 2006, when the municipality was combined with the existing municipality of Drechterland...

 - Hem
Hem
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1 or 2x per hour 4 journeys per day to Hem, other journeys terminate in Hoogkarspel or Venhuizen
650 Connexxion Wevershoof - Andijk - Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek - Enkhuizen - Lelystad
Lelystad
Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible...

 NS
Lelystad Centrum railway station
Lelystad Centrum is the current terminus railway station on the Flevolijn. It is the only station in Lelystad and is in the centre of the town. The station was opened on 28 May 1988 after the extension from Almere Buiten was completed. There are plans to build the station Lelystad Zuid by 2015. The...

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