Hoek van Holland Strand railway station

Hoek van Holland Strand
General information
LocationHook of Holland
Netherlands
Coordinates51°58′58″N 4°7′10″E / 51.98278°N 4.11944°E / 51.98278; 4.11944
Operated byNederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHlds
History
Opened1893
Closed1 April 2017 (end of NS service)
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Terminus NS Sprinter 4000 Hoek van Holland Haven
Location
Hoek van Holland Strand is located in Southwest Randstad
Hoek van Holland Strand
Hoek van Holland Strand
Location within Southwest Randstad
Hoek van Holland Strand is located in Netherlands
Hoek van Holland Strand
Hoek van Holland Strand
Hoek van Holland Strand (Netherlands)

Hoek van Holland Strand station was the terminus of the Hoekse Lijn until 1 April 2017.

Hoek van Holland Strand. Sprinter nr. 2873 waits for departure to Rotterdam Central; 16 June 1990

This railway station in Hoek van Holland was opened on 1 June 1893 . It was approximately 700 meters further west than Hoek van Holland Haven station, with limited trains running to the station outside the summer months. Due to the construction of the Maasvlakte in 1971, the coastline came to lie further out to sea than when the station was opened, so that afterwards the station was no longer close to the beach, but more than a kilometre (about a 15-minute walk) away.[1]