Gouda railway station

Gouda
Gouda railway station
General information
LocationGouda, South Holland,
 Netherlands
Coordinates52°01′03″N 4°42′20″E / 52.01750°N 4.70556°E / 52.01750; 4.70556
Owned byNederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Gouda–Den Haag railway
Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
Platforms6
Tracks11
ConnectionsBus transport Arriva: 1, 2, 3, 4, 175, 178, 190, 196, 278, 386, 497, 726
Bus transport Syntus Utrecht: 106, 107
History
Opened21 May 1855
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Rotterdam Alexander 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 NS Intercity 2800
Den Haag Centraal
Terminus
NS Intercity 11700 Utrecht Centraal
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel NS Sprinter 4000
Gouda Goverwelle
towards Uitgeest
Lansingerland-Zoetermeer NS Sprinter 6800 Gouda Goverwelle
Terminus
NS Sprinter 6900 Gouda Goverwelle
Waddinxveen Triangel NS Sprinter 8600 Terminus
NS Sprinter 8700
Location
Gouda is located in Southwest Randstad
Gouda
Gouda
Location within Southwest Randstad
Gouda is located in Netherlands
Gouda
Gouda
Gouda (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.

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. This was replaced by the current building in 1984.