Zandvoort aan Zee railway station
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Zandvoort aan Zee is a terminus railway station in the town of Zandvoort
, the Netherlands
. The station opened on 3 June 1881, and is within walking distance of the beach. The station is on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has 2 platforms and services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
. Until 1995 train services from Maastricht and Heerlen terminated at this station.
Zandvoort
Zandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes...
, 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 opened on 3 June 1881, and is within walking distance of the beach. The station is on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has 2 platforms and services are 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...
. Until 1995 train services from Maastricht and Heerlen terminated at this station.
Train services
The following train services currently call at Zandvoort:- 2x per hour intercity service Zandvoort - Haarlem - Amsterdam
- 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Zandvoort - Haarlem (summer only)