Kampen is a terminus railway station located in Kampen, the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. The station was opened on 10 May 1865 and is located on the Kamperlijntje

Kamperlijntje

The Kamperlijntje is a railway in the Netherlands, between Zwolle and Kampen, and is part of the Utrecht–Kampen railway . The 12 km long section now has only two stations: Zwolle and Kampen. The journey between the two stations takes about ten minutes...

, which is the Zwolle - Kampen section of the Utrecht–Kampen railway

Utrecht–Kampen railway

The Utrecht–Kampen railway is an important railway line in the Netherlands running from Utrecht to Kampen, passing through Amersfoort and Zwolle...

. The train service is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

. A 2005 survey showed approximately 5,064 people use this station per day.

Future

In 2012 the Hanzelijn

Hanzelijn

The Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanzelijn , is a new Dutch railway line presently under construction. When completed, it will connect Lelystad, capital of the province of Flevoland, with Zwolle, capital of the neighbouring province of Overijssel...

 is set to open, creating a rail link between Lelystad

Lelystad

Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible...

 and Zwolle

Zwolle

Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 120,000 citizens.-History:...

 via Dronten

Dronten

Dronten is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands. Its population is 39,787 .- History :Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dronten were revealed in 1958.The foundations for the town were laid in 1960...

 and Kampen. The line from Kampen to Zwolle will possibly be transformed into a lightrail service, with new stations in Zwolle and a higher frequence (3x per hour). A new railway station opening in the south of Kampen, Kampen Zuid

Kampen Zuid railway station

Kampen Zuid is a planned railway station in the Netherlands, being built on the Hanzelijn from Lelystad to Zwolle. The station will be located in the south of Kampen.-Information:...

, will connect Kampen with Lelystad (and further) and Zwolle (and further).

Destinations

From Kampen, only Zwolle can be reached by train, as this train line only has two stops (Kampen and Zwolle) and it is the only train that calls in Kampen. At Zwolle there are many destinations directly linked across the Netherlands.

Train service

The following services currently call at Kampen:

• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Kampen - Zwolle

Bus services

Bus Services 11, 12, 74, 141, 143, 506, 682, 683 and 684 stop at the bus station opposite the station exit.