Hoek van Holland Haven (''Hook of Holland Harbour'') is a metro station on Line B of the
Rotterdam Metro, in
Hook of Holland
Hook of Holland ( nl, Hoek van Holland, ) is a town in the southwestern corner of Holland, hence the name; ''hoek'' means "corner" and was the word in use before the word ''kaap'' – "cape", from Portuguese ''cabo'' – became Dutch. The English t ...
(Hoek van Holland),
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
,
South Holland. Trains connect with the
Stena Line Dutchflyer
''Dutchflyer'' is an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Formerly known as ''Amsterdam Express'', ''Dutchflyer'' is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by Stena Line, the Dutch state railway operato ...
boat service to
Harwich International in England. Until 1 April 2017, it was a railway station served by
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and t ...
. On 30 September 2019, it reopened as the western terminus of
RET Metro Line B.
Work is underway to extend the line further west to a new
Hoek van Holland Strand station and to relocate the platforms to the northwest of their current location along the historical building, so that they are on the new section of the line.
Train services
As of 2019, metro service operates every 20 minutes throughout the day to Nesselande, via Beurs.
[
Until 2017 rail service from ]Rotterdam Centraal railway station
Rotterdam Centraal railway station () is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. The current station building, located at Station Square, ...
operated every 30 minutes. The service continued on to Hoek van Holland Strand railway station
Hoek van Holland Strand station was the terminus of the Hoekse Lijn until 1 April 2017.
This railway station in Hoek van Holland was opened on 1 June 1893 . It was approximately 700 meters further west than Hoek van Holland Haven station, with ...
600 metres further west.
Ferry services
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References
External links
Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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Rotterdam Metro stations located above ground
Railway stations opened in 1893
Railway stations on the Hoekse Lijn