Arnhem Centraal railway station

Arnhem Centraal railway station is the largest railway station in the city of Arnhem in Gelderland, Netherlands. It was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway. The station opened at the same time as the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, that continues into Germany via the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway.

Arnhem Centraal
The main building as of 2016
General information
Location	Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°59′5″N 5°54′3″E
Owned by	NS Stations
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway Oberhausen–Arnhem railway
Platforms	8
Tracks	11
Construction
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	14 May 1845
Rebuilt	2006-2015
Electrified	1938
Services Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Utrecht Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal ICE 43 Oberhausen Hbf towards Basel SBB ICE 78 Oberhausen Hbf towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station ÖBB Following station Utrecht Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal Nightjet Duisburg Hbf towards Innsbruck Hbf or Wien Hbf Oberhausen Hbf towards Zürich HB Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Ede-Wageningen towards Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 Reverses direction Nijmegen Terminus Ede-Wageningen towards Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 3100 Nijmegen Terminus Ede-Wageningen towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 3200 Terminus Nijmegen towards Roosendaal NS Intercity 3600 Dieren towards Zwolle Arnhem Zuid towards Dordrecht NS Sprinter 6600 Terminus Oosterbeek towards Ede-Wageningen NS Sprinter 7500 Arnhem Zuid towards Wijchen NS Sprinter 7600 Arnhem Velperpoort towards Zutphen Preceding station VIAS Following station Terminus RE 19 Zevenaar towards Düsseldorf Hbf Preceding station Breng Following station Terminus Breng Stoptrein 30700 Arnhem Velperpoort towards Doetinchem Preceding station Following station Terminus Stoptrein 30900 Arnhem Velperpoort towards Winterswijk Elst towards Tiel Stoptrein 31100 Terminus
Location Arnhem Centraal Location within Netherlands

The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers that use the station per day, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands. The main building has a surface of 18,000 m2 and a volume of 76,000 m3, the building has a capacity of 110.000 transfers per day.^[1]

Building

Former station building

Entrance hall of the new station

In 2006 a reconstruction of the complete station area started. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On 2 July 2011, a new tunnel under the platforms opened. The temporary entrance closed down and dismantled in the autumn of 2011. As of that period the railway consists of four platforms including a footbridge connecting all platforms.

During the summer of 2011 a new dive under was created west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to underpass all tracks without interfering the other train services. All traffic on the western part of the station was completely suspended for five weeks. The dive under officially opened on 29 August 2011. The official re-opening of the completed station was on 19 November 2015, on this day the station was renamed Arnhem Centraal, formerly it had just been Arnhem.

The new design of the railway station was created by UNStudio^[2] in collaboration with Cecil Balmond at Arup AGU. It won the Dutch Nationale Staalprijs.

Train services

The station is served by the following train services:

• International:
  • Intercity-Express: Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt Airport - Basel
  • Intercity-Express: Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Cologne - Frankfurt
  • Regional Express: Arnhem - Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
• National:
  • Express:
    • Intercity: Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
    • Intercity: Schiphol - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
    • Intercity: Zwolle - Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda - Roosendaal
  • Local:
    • Sprinter: Arnhem - Nijmegen - Oss - 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg - Breda - Dordrecht
    • Sprinter: Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem
    • Sprinter: Zutphen - Arnhem - Nijmegen (- Wijchen on weekdays)
    • Stoptrein: Arnhem - Zevenaar - Doetinchem
    • Stoptrein: Arnhem - Zevenaar - Doetinchem - Winterswijk
    • Stoptrein: Tiel - Elst - Arnhem

Bus services

Stairs in the station building

The bus services depart from the covered bus station underneath the Essent towers and from the area in front of the main entrance. Arnhem is known for its trolleybus service in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of city services.

Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Breng and regional services by Breng, Arriva and Syntus.

KLM also operates a bus service for KLM customers from the train station to Schiphol Airport.^[3]

City services

• 1 De Laar West - Elderveld - Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Velp (trolleybus)
• 2 Centraal Station - City Centre - Kronenburg (Shopping Mall) - De Laar Oost - De Laar West (trolleybus)
• 3 Het Duifje - City Centre - Centraal Station - Rijnstate (Hospital) - Alteveer - Burgers' Zoo (- Open Air Museum) (trolleybus)
• 5 Schuytgraaf - Station Arnhem Zuid - Elderveld - Centraal Station - City Centre - Presikhaaf (Shopping Mall) - Presikhaaf (trolleybus)
• 6 Centraal Station - City Centre - Presikhaaf (Shopping Mall) - Elsweide/HAN (University of Applied Sciences) (trolleybus)
• 7 Rijkerswoerd - Kronenburg (Shopping Mall) - Gelredome (Stadium) - Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - Geitenkamp (trolleybus)
• 8 Centraal Station - Rijnstate (Hospital) - Open Air Museum - Alteveer - Geitenkamp
• 9 Schaarsbergen I.P.C. - Hoogkamp - Centraal Station
• 10 Centraal Station - Het Dorp - Sportcentrum Papendal
• 11 Station Arnhem Zuid - De Laar Oost - Vredenburg - Kronenburg (Shopping Mall) - Gelredome (Stadium) - Centraal Station
• 12 Centraal Station - City Centre (South) - Presikhaaf - IJsseloord 1 - IJsseloord 2
• 77 Centraal Station - City Centre - Station Velperpoort - CIOS

Regional services

• 14 Arnhem - Elden - Elst - Oosterhout - Lent - Nijmegen
• 26 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Dieren
• 27 Arnhem - Presikhaaf - Velp - Giesbeek - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
• 29 Arnhem - Velp - Rheden - Doesburg - Drempt - Hoog Keppel - Laag Keppel - Doetinchem
• 33 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Angeren - Doornenburg - Gendt - Bemmel - Lent - Nijmegen
• 43 Arnhem - Westervoort - Velp - Rheden - Ellecom - Dieren - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
• 51 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum - Wageningen
• 56 Arnhem - Driel - Heteren
• 60 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven - Zevenaar - Babberich - Lobith - Tolkamer
• 62 Arnhem - Westervoort - Duiven
• 72 Arnhem - Huissen
• 91 Arnhem - Beekbergen - Apeldoorn
• 105 Arnhem - Otterlo - Barneveld
• 231 Arnhem - De Maten (Apeldoorn) - Apeldoorn
• 300 Arnhem - Malburgen-Oost - Huissen - Bemmel - Nijmegen (Bus rapid transit service Brengdirect)
• 331 Arnhem - Kronenburg - Elst - Nijmegen (Bus rapid transit service Brengdirect)
• 352 Arnhem - Oosterbeek - Doorwerth - Heelsum - Renkum - Wageningen (Bus rapid transit service Brengdirect)

References

1. "Main building details from Architect". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
2. OV terminal interior architecture
3. "Travel by bus or rail with a KLM ticket Archived 2016-10-29 at the Wayback Machine." KLM. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.

External links

• (in Dutch) Station Arnhem, train schedules and station facilities