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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 Centraaltowards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 500 Goudatowards Groningen NS Intercity 600 Goudatowards Leeuwarden Rotterdam CentraalTerminus NS Intercity 2800 Goudatowards Utrecht Centraal Rotterdam Noordtowards Rotterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 4000 Capelle Schollevaartowards Uitgeest Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Oosterflanktowards Vlaardingen West Line ANot on evenings and early weekend mornings Graskruidtowards Binnenhof Oosterflanktowards Kralingse Zoom Line AEvenings and early weekend mornings only Oosterflanktowards Hoek van Holland Strand Line B Graskruidtowards Nesselande
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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.

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)

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

References

1. "Rotterdam Alexander". Treinstationinfo.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-05.

External links

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

• Railway stations in Rotterdam
• Rotterdam Metro stations
• Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1968