Rotterdam Alexander station

Rotterdam Alexander
Entrance of Rotterdam Alexander
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°57′7″N 4°33′10″E / 51.95194°N 4.55278°E / 51.95194; 4.55278
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 towards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 500 Gouda towards Groningen NS Intercity 600 Gouda towards Leeuwarden Rotterdam Centraal Terminus 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 Show map of Southwest Randstad Rotterdam Alexander Rotterdam Alexander (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

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.^[1]

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 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).

• Nederlandse Spoorwegen

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