Utrecht Terwijde railway station
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Utrecht Terwijde is a railway station on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Utrecht to Rotterdam, passing through Gouda. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858. The western terminus was originally the Rotterdam Maas station. In 1899, a connection with the Rotterdam Delftse...

. It is located between Vleuten
Vleuten railway station
Vleuten is a railway station located in Vleuten, The Netherlands. The station was opened in 1881, and is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway...

 and the future railway station Utrecht Leidsche Rijn
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn railway station
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn is a planned railway station in west Utrecht, The Netherlands.-History:The station is set to open in 2011. The station lies on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway and is located between Utrecht Centraal and Utrecht Terwijde. The station is primarily for the housing areas, Parkwijk...

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The Terwijde neighbourhood is part of the Leidsche Rijn
Leidsche Rijn
Leidsche Rijn is a neighbourhood under construction west of Utrecht in the central Netherlands. The neighbourhood is expected to be completed in 2025 and will have approximately 80,000 inhabitants....

 area under construction, west of Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...

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Because of the large amount of Commuters
Commuting
Commuting is regular travel between one's place of residence and place of work or full time study. It sometimes refers to any regular or often repeated traveling between locations when not work related.- History :...

 in this area, a temporary railway station was built in 2003. And in 2005 construction started next to this station for the actual station, which opened on November 5, 2007.

Utrecht Terwijde railway station is part of a large project of expanding the two track line to four tracks on this stretch of the railway, which was completed in 2011.

Train services

The following services call at Utrecht Terwijde:
  • 2x per hour local service (sprinter) The Hague - Gouda - Utrecht

Bus Services

  • 26 (Zuilen - Centraal Station - Leidsche Rijn - Utrecht Terwijde - Vleuterwijde)
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