Gouda railway station

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Gouda
Gouda railway station
General information
Location	Gouda, South Holland,  Netherlands
Coordinates	52°01′03″N 4°42′20″E / 52.01750°N 4.70556°E / 52.01750; 4.70556
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Gouda–Den Haag railway Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Connections	Arriva: 1, 2, 3, 4, 175, 178, 190, 196, 278, 386, 497, 726 Syntus Utrecht: 106, 107
History
Opened	21 May 1855
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Rotterdam Alexander towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 500 Utrecht Centraal towards Groningen NS Intercity 600 Utrecht Centraal towards Leeuwarden Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 1700 Utrecht Centraal towards Enschede NS Intercity 2000 Utrecht Centraal Terminus Rotterdam Alexander towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 2800 Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 11700 Utrecht Centraal towards Amersfoort Schothorst Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 4000 Gouda Goverwelle towards Uitgeest Lansingerland-Zoetermeer towards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 6800 Gouda Goverwelle Terminus NS Sprinter 6900 Gouda Goverwelle towards Utrecht Centraal Waddinxveen Triangel towards Alphen aan den Rijn NS Sprinter 8600 Terminus NS Sprinter 8700
Location Gouda Location within Southwest Randstad Show map of Southwest Randstad Gouda Gouda (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. The Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934.^[1]

Trains running between Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal and Utrecht Centraal call at the station, as well as the RijnGouweLijn connection to Alphen a/d Rijn.

In November 1944, during World War II, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the Royal Air Force. The main building of the railway station was severely damaged; traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5. In 1948 a new building was constructed out of the remaining first floor of the old building.^[2] This was replaced by the current building in 1984. In 2022 the building and related nearby infrastructure were renovated.^[3]