Berkel Westpolder is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands.
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| Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°59′22″N 4°27′18″E / 51.98944°N 4.45500°E | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 19 December 2008 | ||||||||||
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History
editThe RandstadRail station opened on 19 December 2008 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.
The station lies at the heart of a new housing development, called Westpolder/Bolwerk. The station was officially opened on 19 January 2009.
The guarded bicycle parking station was closed at the end of 2023 due to budget cuts.[1]
Train services
editThe following services currently call at Berkel Westpolder:
| Service | Route | Material | Frequency |
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| E | Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge | RET Metro | 6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes) |
Bus services
edit- 174 (Delft station - Delft TU (University) - Station Westpolder - Berkel en Rodenrijs - Bleiswijk - Bergschenhoek - Berkel en Rodenrijs - Station Westpolder - Delft TU (University) - Delft station)
Operated by Qbuzz, see www.qbuzz.nl or https://web.archive.org/web/20100305175339/http://www.qbuzz.nl/regio%2Brotterdam/cDU3_default.aspx
References
edit- ^ "Biesieklette Berkel Westpolder gaat weg". hartvanlansingerland.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024.