Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station
Encyclopedia
Heemstede-Aerdenhout is a railway station in Heemstede
and Aerdenhout
, the Netherlands
. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart
canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam - Rotterdam) closely. The train soon became the favored method of travel after the station opened, and the canal has gone out of use since the end of the second world war. The current station building was opened in 1958 and was one of the first Dutch viaduct stations.
Formerly all trains running between Rotterdam and Amsterdam stopped in Heemstede. Intercity trains still stop in Heemstede, though the fastest train line from Leiden to Amsterdam now runs over Schiphol, not Haarlem.
Heemstede
Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-History :Heemstede formed around the Castle Heemstede that was built on the Spaarne River around 1286. Before 1296, Floris V, Count of Holland, granted Heemstede as a fiefdom to Reinier of Holy...
and Aerdenhout
Aerdenhout
Aerdenhout is a small town in the municipality of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. Located in the dunes between Haarlem and the Netherlands's popular beach town Zandvoort, it ranks as the wealthiest town in the Netherlands...
, 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...
. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart
Leidsevaart
The Leidsevaart is a canal between the cities of Haarlem and Leiden in the Netherlands. It was dug in 1657, making it one of the oldest canals in the Netherlands. It was the major means of transport between Leiden and Haarlem for almost two centuries until the rail connection was established in...
canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude Lijn (Amsterdam - Rotterdam) closely. The train soon became the favored method of travel after the station opened, and the canal has gone out of use since the end of the second world war. The current station building was opened in 1958 and was one of the first Dutch viaduct stations.
Formerly all trains running between Rotterdam and Amsterdam stopped in Heemstede. Intercity trains still stop in Heemstede, though the fastest train line from Leiden to Amsterdam now runs over Schiphol, not Haarlem.
Train services
The following train services currently call at Heemstede-Aerdenhout:- 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Haarlem - Rotterdam - Breda
- 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Haarlem - The Hague
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem