Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel is a railway station in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel

Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel

Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland...

, 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 is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway

Utrecht–Rotterdam railway

The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands, running from Utrecht to Rotterdam, passing through Gouda. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858. The western terminus was originally the Rotterdam Maas station. In 1899, a connection with the Rotterdam Delftse...

 between Gouda

Gouda railway station

Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, The Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway...

 and Rotterdam Centraal

Rotterdam Centraal railway station

Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands.-History:The station opened June 3, 1847 as the Delftsche Poort railway station. The station building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn opened in 1957 and closed on September 2, 2007...

. It was opened on 21 May 1971 and is mostly used by commuters

Commuting

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The railway station is served by trains running between Rotterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Centraal and between Rotterdam Centraal and Gouda Goverwelle

Gouda Goverwelle railway station

Gouda Goverwelle is a railway station located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway in the Goverwelle area of Gouda in the Netherlands. The railway station, which opened in 1993, consists of two island platforms.-Train services:...

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Train services

The following services call at Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel:

• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Uitgeest - Amsterdam - Woerden - Rotterdam
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam - Gouda Goverwelle