Sassenheim railway station
Encyclopedia
Sassenheim is a planned railway station in Sassenheim
, The Netherlands
.
(Weesp - Leiden) and is located between Nieuw-Vennep
and Leiden Centraal
. The station will have 2 platforms. Construction work began in 2009.
Sassenheim
Sassenheim is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.The former municipality covered an area of 6.62 km² and had a population of 14,906 in 2005...
, 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...
.
History
The station is set to open in December 2011. The station lies on the SchiphollijnSchiphollijn
The Weesp–Leiden railway is a railway line in the Netherlands which runs between the cities of Weesp and Leiden; the line also passes through and serves Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.-History:...
(Weesp - Leiden) and is located between Nieuw-Vennep
Nieuw-Vennep railway station
Nieuw-Vennep is a railway station in Nieuw Vennep, Netherlands. The station is on the Amsterdam - Schiphol - Leiden Centraal - Den Haag - Rotterdam main line...
and 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...
. The station will have 2 platforms. Construction work began in 2009.
Train service
The following services will serve Sassenheim:- 2x per hour Sprinter Den Haag Centraal - Leiden Centraal - Sassenheim - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Weesp - Almere Oostvaarders
- 2x per hour (peak hours only) Sprinter Leiden Centraal - Sassenheim - Schiphol - Duivendrecht - Weesp - Hiversum - Utrecht Centraal