Palenstein RandstadRail station

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Palenstein
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°03′34″N 4°30′24″E / 52.05944°N 4.50667°E / 52.05944; 4.50667
Platforms	2
History
Opened	22 May 1977, reopened 29 October 2006
Closed	3 June 2006
Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station Seghwaert towards Centrum-West Line 3 (HTM) Stadhuis towards Arnold Spoelplein Seghwaert towards Lansingerland-Zoetermeer Line 4 (HTM) Stadhuis towards De Uithof
Location Palenstein Location within RandstadRail network

Palenstein is a RandstadRail station in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.

The station opened, as a railway station, on 22 May 1977 as part of the Zoetermeerlijn, operating Zoetermeer Stadslijn services. The train station closed on 3 June 2006 and reopened as a RandstadRail station^[1] on 29 October 2006 for the HTM tram services (4), and on 20 October 2007 for tram service 3.

The station features 2 platforms. These platforms are low, and the same level as the tram doors, therefore making it step free.

The following services currently call at Palenstein:

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  RandstadRail Network Map
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  A RegioCitadis on RR4
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  An RET Metro set that was converted for RandstadRail operation.
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  A new RET RandstadRail set, which replaced the Metro sets.
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  An RR3 service calls at the rebuilt station.
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  Station with Du Meelaan behind. Bus stop is also visible