Blijdorp RandstadRail station

51°55′51″N 4°27′28″E / 51.93083°N 4.45778°E / 51.93083; 4.45778Line(s)E Platforms2HistoryOpened17 August 2010Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station
Rotterdam Centraal
towards Slinge
 Line E
(RET)
 Melanchthonweg
Location
Blijdorp is located in RandstadRail network
Blijdorp
Blijdorp
Location within RandstadRail network

Blijdorp is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Rotterdam-Blijdorp, the Netherlands.

The station was opened on 17 August 2010, together with the tunnel connecting the metro station of Rotterdam Centraal to the Hofpleinlijn, which is part of the RandstadRail project. Since the station opened, line E trains run from Rotterdam Centraal towards Den Haag Centraal. After approximately one year, in 2011, a connection was established with the existing metro network of Rotterdam, allowing a direct connection between Slinge station and Den Haag Centraal.

On 26 May 2010 a disaster drill was held in this station. In order to make it seem real an old metrocar was destroyed[1]

Train services

The following services currently call at Blijdorp:[2]

Service Route Material Frequency
E Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge RET Metro 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

References

  1. ^ "Hulpverleners doen rampenoefening in metro Rotterdam - Asphalia.nl". 2019-01-02. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  2. ^ http://www.ret.nl/ RET