Almere Poort railway station

Almere Poort is a railway station in Almere, Netherlands. It is located on the Flevolijn. It replaced Almere Strand railway station as the city's sixth railway station.

Almere Poort
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°20′34″N 5°9′7″E
Line(s)	Weesp–Lelystad railway
Other information
Station code	Ampo
History
Opened	9 December 2012
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Weesp towards Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 4300 Almere Muziekwijk towards Lelystad Centrum Weesp towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 Almere Muziekwijk towards Almere Oostvaarders Naarden-Bussum towards Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 4900 Almere Muziekwijk towards Almere Centrum NS Sprinter 14900
Location Almere Poort Location within Northeastern Randstad

The opening of the station was initially planned to occur on 2007 but was delayed until 9 December 2012.^[1] The station serves the new borough Almere Poort, which is also under development since 2007 and will have 11,000 dwellings when it is finished.^{[citation needed]}

Train services

As of 11 December 2016^[update], the following train services call at this station:

• Local Sprinter services Hoofddorp - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere Oostvaarders
• Local Sprinter services The Hague - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam - Weesp - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle
• Local Sprinter services Utrecht - Hilversum - Almere

Bus services

• 2 (Station Poort - Gooisekant - Topsporthal - Stedenwijk - Almere Centrum)
• 4 (Station Poort - Homeruskwartier - Literatuurwijk - Muziekwijk - Almere Centrum)
• 10 (Station Poort - Gooisekant - Busstation 't Oor - Danswijk - Almere Buiten - Oostvaardersdiep)
• 14 (Station Poort - Literatuurwijk - Muziekwijk - Almere Centrum)
• 153 (Amsterdam Holendrecht/AMC - Bijlmer ArenA - Muiden P&R - Almere Poort - Literatuurwijk - Kruidenwijk - Waterwijk - Almere Buiten)
• 322 (Amsterdam Amstel - Muiden P&R - Almere Poort - Gooisekant - Almere Parkwijk)

References

1. ProRail^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)