Rijswijk railway station

Rijswijk
General information
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates52°02′22″N 4°19′11″E / 52.03944°N 4.31972°E / 52.03944; 4.31972
Line(s)Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened1965
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Den Haag Moerwijk NS Sprinter 5000
2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends
Delft
towards Dordrecht
NS Sprinter 5100
2x/hour
Location
Rijswijk is located in Netherlands
Rijswijk
Rijswijk
Location within Netherlands

Rijswijk is a railway station located in Rijswijk in the suburbs of The Hague, Netherlands. The station was opened on 3 June 1847 and is located on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, between The Hague and Rotterdam. It was later enlarged, and then closed in 1938. In 1965 it opened in a different location.

The station has been in a tunnel since 1996, with four tracks and four platforms. The northern entrance is a modern glass pyramid protruding from the ground, not unlike that of the Louvre, while the southern entrance, on Winston Churchilllaan, is combined with a local bus and tram station.

In May 2016, traveling organisation Rover held a survey in which Rijswijk came in as the most uncomfortable railway station in the Netherlands.[1]

  1. ^ "Rijswijk onaangenaamste station van Nederland; donker, slecht verlicht en het stinkt".