Schiedam Nieuwland metro station

Schiedam Nieuwland is a metro station in Schiedam in the Netherlands. Located on the Hoekse Lijn, it is served by RET Metro Line B at all times, and Line A during peak periods.

Schiedam Nieuwland
Rotterdam Metro station
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates51°55′20″N 4°22′58″E
Line(s)Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
History
Opened1 June 1975
Closed1 April 2017
Rebuilt30 September 2019
Services
Preceding station   Rotterdam Metro   Following station
Line A
Not on evenings and early weekend mornings
toward Binnenhof
Line B
toward Nesselande
Location
Schiedam Nieuwland
Location within Southwest Randstad
Schiedam Nieuwland
Schiedam Nieuwland (Netherlands)

The station is built on the bridge over the Nieuwe Damlaan, one of the principal streets northwest of the city centre of Schiedam.

History
Railway station in 2012

The station was opened on 1 June 1975 as a railway station and was operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen until 31 March 2017. The station and other infrastructure was then handed over to the Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET) and closed for a 2-year period of renovation and adapting to their metro mode of transportation. The station reopened on 30 September 2019 as part of the Rotterdam Metro.[1]

Services

As of 2019, Schiedam Nieuwland is served by 6 trains per hour on RET Metro Line B, of which 3 per hour travel the full length of the route, and 3 travel only as far as Steendijkpolder[2]

During peak periods, the station is also served by 6 trains per hour on Line a, which travel as far as Vlaardingen West.

References
  1. "Hoekse Lijn" (in Dutch). Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. "Information about the Hoekse Lijn". Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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