Hoorn railway station

Hoorn is the main railway station of the town of Hoorn, Netherlands.

Hoorn
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°38′42″N 5°03′17″E
Line(s)	Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway
History
Opened	20 May 1884
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Hoorn Kersenboogerd towards Enkhuizen NS Intercity 2900 Amsterdam Sloterdijk towards Maastricht NS Intercity 3900 Amsterdam Sloterdijk towards Heerlen NS Intercity 4500 Amsterdam Sloterdijk towards Amsterdam Centraal Purmerend Overwhere towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 3300 Hoorn Kersenboogerd Terminus Terminus NS Sprinter 4800 Obdam towards Amsterdam Centraal
Location Hoorn Location within Netherlands

Overview

The station opened on 20 May 1884 as part of the Zaandam–Hoorn railway line. On 6 June 1885 the line was extended to Enkhuizen. Other lines that opened were the Hoorn - Medemblik line in 1887, and the Hoorn - Heerhugowaard line in October 1898. The station has a ticket hall, a florist, a music shop and a restaurant.

In 1985 another station opened in Hoorn, to the east, Hoorn Kersenboogerd. Now behind the station is the steam railway from Hoorn - Medemblik, the Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik. From 8 May 2009 the Stoptrein 3300 was cut between Hoorn and Hoorn Kersenboogerd, but returned in December 2009

Train services

Layout of Hoorn station

The following services currently call at Hoorn:

• 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort (-Deventer)
• 2x per hour intercity service Enkhuizen - Hoorn - Amsterdam (peak hours)
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Zaandam - Hoorn Kersenboogerd
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam

Bus services

Buses depart from the bus station outside the station. Services are operated by Connexxion, with the exception of 314 and 317, which are operated by EBS (subsidiary of Egged).

Line	Route
Connexxion
11	Station - Centre - Risdam - Risdam-Noord - Nibbixwoud - Midwoud - Abbekerk)
12	Station - Risdam-Zuid - Wognum - Spanbroek - Opmeer - Hoogwoud)
13	Station - Centre - Risdam - Zwaag - Oosterblokker - Blokker - Kersenboogerd)
14	Station - Hoorn South-east - Kerseboogerd Station - Kersenboogerd East)
128	Station - Grote Noord - Berkhout - Avenhorn - Noordbeemster)
131	Station - Nieuwe Steen - Westfrisia Industrial Estate - Wevershoof)
132	Station - Nieuwe Steen - Zwaag - Zwaagdijk-Oost - Wevershoof - Andijk)
134	Station - Abbekerk - Lambertschaag - Middenmeer - Wieringerwerf)
135	Station - Abbekerk - Middenmeer - Wieringerwerf - Den Oever - Den Helder)
139	Station - Centrum - Risdam - Risdam-Noord - Abbekerk - Opperdoes - Medemblik)
239	Station - Abbekerk - Opperdoes - Medemblik)
412	Station - Centrum - Nieuwe Steen - Schellinkhout - Wijdenes - Hem - Venhuizen - Hoogkarspel - Lutjebroek - Grootebroek)
415	Station - Centrum - Risdam - Zwaagdijk-West - Hauwert - Oostwoud - Twisk - Medemblik - Onderdijk - Wevershoof)
EBS
314	Station - Grote Waal - Scharwoude - Oosthuizen - Edam - Amsterdam)
317	Station - Grote Waal - Scharwoude - Oosthuizen - Edam - Amsterdam) peak hours only, limited stop

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)