Hoek van Holland Strand metro station
Hoek van Holland Strand metro station is a metro station in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Netherlands. It consists of two tracks with side platforms, and was the terminus of the Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway to Rotterdam when it opened on 1 June 1893. Its name is derived from the nearby North Sea beach, strand being Dutch for “beach”.
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| Location | Hook of Holland Netherlands | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°58′58″N 4°7′10″E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Rotterdam Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Hlds | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1893 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1 April 2017 (end of NS service) | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 31 March 2023 (start of RET service) | |||||||||||||||
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  Hoek van Holland Strand Location within Southwest Randstad  Hoek van Holland Strand Hoek van Holland Strand (Netherlands) | ||||||||||||||||
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen stopped operating the line, including Hoek van Holland Strand railway station, on 1 April 2017, and the line was transferred to the Rotterdam Metro. After reconstruction of the rail infrastructure and the facilities, the opening of the replacement metro line B station is expected in 2023, at which time it will become the new western terminus of the line.[1] Metro line B service opened as far as the preceding station, Hoek van Holland Haven metro station, on 30 September 2019.[2]
The new station will be much closer to the beach, so further west, than the original station.
Train services
The station reopened on 31 March 2023 and has a roughly 20 min service frequency towards Rotterdam City
References
- "Metro pas in 2021 door naar Hoek van Holland Strand" (in Dutch). Treinreiziger.nl. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "Information about the Hoekse Lijn" [Information about the Hoek van Holland line]. Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.