Rotterdam Alexander station

Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It is named after Prins Alexander borough, and therefore indirectly after Alexander, Prince of Orange. Near the station is shopping mall Alexandrium situated.

Rotterdam Alexander
Entrance of Rotterdam Alexander
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°57′7″N 4°33′10″E
Line(s)	Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	2
Connections	RET Rotterdam Metro: A, B Arriva: 175, 190 RET: 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, B5
Other information
Station code	Rta
History
Opened	1968
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Rotterdam Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 500 Gouda towards Groningen NS Intercity 600 Gouda towards Leeuwarden NS Intercity 2800 Gouda towards Utrecht Centraal Rotterdam Noord towards Rotterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 4000 Capelle Schollevaar towards Uitgeest Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Oosterflank towards Vlaardingen West Line A Not on evenings and early weekend mornings Graskruid towards Binnenhof Oosterflank towards Kralingse Zoom Line A Evenings and early weekend mornings only Oosterflank towards Hoek van Holland Strand Line B Graskruid towards Nesselande
Location Rotterdam Alexander Location within Southwest Randstad Rotterdam Alexander Rotterdam Alexander (Netherlands)

Train services

The following services currently call at Rotterdam Alexander:

• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Groningen
• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Leeuwarden
• 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle – Woerden – Amsterdam – Uitgeest
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle (Peak hours only)

Rotterdam Alexander, railway platforms

Metro service

Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or east–west line (Dutch: Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn).

See also

• Nederlandse Spoorwegen

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)
• (in Dutch) NS station information