Rotterdam Stadion is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 in the Netherlands, located on the railway line between Rotterdam

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...

 and Dordrecht

Dordrecht railway station

Dordrecht is a railway station in Dordrecht, the Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between Rotterdam and Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to...

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The station is located in front of Stadion Feijenoord, venue of the football club Feyenoord
The station is only in service during football matches or other events at the stadium.

History

The railway station Rotterdam Stadion was built in 1937, as a station on the Breda–Rotterdam railway

Breda–Rotterdam railway

The Breda–Rotterdam railway is a heavily used railway line in the Netherlands running from Breda to Rotterdam, passing through Dordrecht. It is also called the Staatslijn I in Dutch...

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It was specially built for Stadion Feijenoord which opened earlier that year. It is not really much of a station, in fact it is a platform, between two pieces of railroad track, giving it two platform tracks. A traverse makes it possible to go to the stadium.
Due to hooliganism

Hooliganism

Hooliganism refers to unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behaviour. Such behaviour is commonly associated with sports fans. The term can also apply to general rowdy behaviour and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs....

 a special tube was built around the traverse to separate home and away supporters.

The future

Plans are being made for a new Feyenoord stadium, at the border of the Meuse

Meuse

Meuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

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With the new stadium, comes a make-over of the whole area. In this plan, there will be a new, big Intercity

Inter-city rail

Inter-city rail services are express passenger train services that cover longer distances than commuter or regional trains.There is no precise definition of inter-city rail. Its meaning may vary from country to country...

 station making it a public-transportation

Train services

When in service, Rotterdam stadium is astation for the following services:

Series	Train Type	Route	Material	Frequency
2200	Sneltrein	Amsterdam Centraal - Amsterdam Sloterdijk – Haarlem - Heemstede-Aerdenhout Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station Heemstede-Aerdenhout is a railway station in Heemstede and Aerdenhout, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 October 1891 and is located on the site of the old Toll house for the Leidsevaart canal, which still flows next to the station from Haarlem to Leiden. This canal still follows the Oude...  - Leiden Centraal Leiden Centraal railway station Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in Leiden, a city in the Netherlands.-History:Leiden Centraal station opened on 17 August 1842 as the southern terminal of the first expansion of the Old Line from Haarlem. The original building was replaced by a new one, designed by D.A.N. Margadant, in...  - Den Haag Laan van NOI Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station The Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station is a railway station in the Netherlands, on the border between The Hague and the town of Voorburg. It is served by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and by the RandstadRail light-rail network...  – Den Haag HS Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station The Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station, also known as Den Haag HS, is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam...  - Delft Delft railway station The Delft railway station is a railway station in Delft, the Netherlands, located on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam. The first train passed the railway station on May 31, 1847. A few days later, on June 3, the railway station opened its doors. It was initially located on the...  - Schiedam Centrum Schiedam Centrum railway station Schiedam Centrum is a railway station and metro station in Schiedam, just to the west of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The station is located on the railway line between Den Haag and Rotterdam Centraal, and forms the beginning of the railway line towards Hoek van Holland...  - 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...  - Rotterdam Blaak Rotterdam Blaak railway station Rotterdam Blaak is a railway station and metro station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The station is located in the centre of the city, near the cube houses....  - Rotterdam Stadion - Rotterdam Lombardijen Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station Rotterdam Lombardijen is a railway station in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. The railway station is located in the borough of IJsselmonde. The station opened on 1st June 1964 with wooden platforms and no more than a trailer for...  - Dordrecht Dordrecht railway station Dordrecht is a railway station in Dordrecht, the Netherlands located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the Elst–Dordrecht railway. The station was opened on 1 January 1872, when the railway line between Rotterdam and Antwerp was opened. On 16 July 1885, the railway line from Dordrecht to...  – Dordrecht Zuid Dordrecht Zuid railway station Dordrecht Zuid is a railway station in the south of Dordrecht, the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Lage Zwaluwe and Dordrecht. Trains running between Den Haag Centraal and Roosendaal and between Amsterdam Centraal and Breda stop at this station...  - Lage Zwaluwe Lage Zwaluwe railway station Lage Zwaluwe is a railway station near Lage Zwaluwe and Moerdijk, the Netherlands. The station was opened in 1883 and is located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Breda and Dordrecht and the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway...  - Breda-Prinsenbeek Breda-Prinsenbeek railway station Breda-Prinsenbeek is a railway station located in Prinsenbeek near Breda, The Netherlands. The station was opened in 1988 and is located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway...  - Breda Breda railway station Breda is a railway station in Breda, the Netherlands. It is situated on the Breda–Rotterdam railway, the Roosendaal–Breda railway and the Breda–Eindhoven railway.-History:...	DD-AR/DDM-1	1x per hour, 2x per hour at Peak times; stoptrein between Dordrecht & Breda
5000	Stoptrain	Leiden Centraal - De Vink - Voorschoten Voorschoten railway station Voorschoten is a railway station in Voorschoten, the Netherlands. The first station opened on 1 May 1843 on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway. A new station building opened in 1886 and was closed on 17 September 1944. The station re-opened in 1969 and a hexagonal shaped station building opened...  - Den Haag Mariahoeve Den Haag Mariahoeve railway station Den Haag Mariahoeve is a railway station on the border of The Hague and Leidschendam-Voorburg in South Holland, the Netherlands. The railway station, which opened on 22 May 1966, has two side platforms and an island platform...  - Den Haag Laan van NOI - Den Haag HS - Den Haag Moerwijk Den Haag Moerwijk railway station Den Haag Moerwijk is a railway station in the Moerwijk district of The Hague, in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. The railway station was opened on June 2, 1996.-Train services:The following services currently call at Den Haag Moerwijk:...  - Rijswijk Rijswijk railway station Rijswijk is a railway station located in Rijswijk in the suburbs of The Hague, the 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...  - Delft - Delft Zuid Delft Zuid railway station The Delft Zuid railway station is a railway station in Delft, the Netherlands, located on the railway line between The Hague and Rotterdam. The railway station was opened on May 31, 1970. The station building was demolished in June 2006....  - Schiedam Centrum - Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Blaak - Rotterdam Zuid Rotterdam Zuid railway station Rotterdam Zuid is a railway station in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht...  - Rotterdam Stadion - Rotterdam Lombardijen - Barendrecht Barendrecht railway station Barendrecht railway station is a railway station in Barendrecht, the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht. Adjacent to the four tracks of this line are two tracks for the HSL-Zuid and three for freight, as part of the Betuweroute freight route to...  - Zwijndrecht Zwijndrecht railway station Zwijndrecht is a railway station in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway between Rotterdam and Dordrecht.Zwijndrecht's first railway station was opened on 1 November 1872. In 1895 the station was relocated to the southeast, because the old location was not very...  - Dordrecht	DD-AR / Mat '64 NS Mat '64 The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 electric multiple units were built by Werkspoor and later by Düwag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They are operated, in decreasing numbers, in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen . The class is actually called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T...	2x per hour, Not Weekends or after 8.30pm
5100	Stoptrain	Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS - Den Haag Moerwijk - Rijswijk - Delft - Delft Zuid - Schiedam Centrum - Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Blaak - Rotterdam Zuid - Rotterdam Stadion - Rotterdam Lombardijen - Barendrecht - Zwijndrecht - Dordrecht - Dordrecht Zuid - Lage Zwaluwe - Zevenbergen Zevenbergen railway station Zevenbergen is a railway station located in Zevenbergen, The Netherlands. The station was opened in 1854, and is located on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway...  - Oudenbosch Oudenbosch railway station Oudenbosch is a railway station located in Oudenbosch, The Netherlands. The station was opened in 1854, and is located on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway...  - Roosendaal Roosendaal railway station Roosendaal is a railway station in the city of Roosendaal, the Netherlands. The station opened on 3 July 1854 on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway and is the beginning of the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. Roosendaal was the first station in North Brabant to be built...	DD-AR / Mat '64	2x per hour
	Extra Train	Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Blaak - Rotterdam Stadion	DD-AR / Mat '64 NS Mat '64 The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 electric multiple units were built by Werkspoor and later by Düwag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They are operated, in decreasing numbers, in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen . The class is actually called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T...  /SMG	Only during events in Stadion Feijenoord
	Extra Train	Dordrecht - Zwijndrecht - Barendrecht - Rotterdam Lombardijen - Rotterdam Stadion	DD-AR / Mat '64 NS Mat '64 The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 electric multiple units were built by Werkspoor and later by Düwag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They are operated, in decreasing numbers, in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen . The class is actually called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T... /SMG	Only during Feyenoord matches.