Vlaardingen Oost metro station

Vlaardingen Oost is a metro station in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands. Located on the Hoekse Lijn, it is served by RET Metro Line B at all times, and Line A during peak periods.

Vlaardingen Oost
Rotterdam Metro station
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°54′37″N 4°21′43″E
Line(s)	Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
History
Opened	17 August 1891
Closed	1 April 2017
Rebuilt	30 September 2019
Services
Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Vlaardingen Centrum towards Vlaardingen West Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Schiedam Nieuwland towards Binnenhof Vlaardingen Centrum towards Hoek van Holland Strand Line B Schiedam Nieuwland towards Nesselande
Location Vlaardingen Oost Location within Southwest Randstad Show map of Southwest Randstad Vlaardingen Oost Vlaardingen Oost (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

History

Vlaardingen Oost was opened on 17 August 1891 as a local railway station on the Hoekse Lijn.

The Nederlandse Spoorwegen stopped operating the line, including the Vlaardingen Oost railway station, on 1 April 2017 to enable conversion for metro train operations. The station was reopened by RET on 30 September 2019, with preview services operating on 28 September.^[1] The station is still accessible for diesel trains, because nearby companies still require trains to deliver supplies.

The station was one of the first railway stations in The Netherlands to be built on a bridge.

Metro services

As of 2019, Vlaardingen Oost is served by 6 trains per hour on RET Metro Line B, of which 3 per hour travel the full length of the route, and 3 travel only as far as Steendijkpolder^[1]

During peak periods, the station is also served by 6 trains per hour on Line A, which travel as far as Vlaardingen West.

Bus services

Bus services are operated by RET.

Bus services with stops on Vlaardingen Oost

Line	Route	Via	Details
56	Vlaardingen West - Holy-Noord	Vlaardingen Oost, Overdrevenpad
126	Station Schiedam Centrum - Maassluis West	Vijfsluizen, Vlaardingen Oost, Maasland Viaduct	Not on Sundays.
127	Vlaardingen Oost - Vijfsluizen		Weekdays only.
156	Vlaardingen West - Holy-Noord	Vlaardingen Oost, Jean Monnetring	Not on Sundays.
B2	Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal	Vijfsluizen, Vlaardingen Oost, Vlaardingen West	Friday- and Saturday nights only.