Melanchthonweg is a

metro station A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the syste ...

, as a part of the

Rotterdam metro The Rotterdam Metro () is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam, Netherlands and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called ''Noord – Zuidlijn'' (North – South line) opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zu ...

and the regional light rail system

RandstadRail RandstadRail () is a tram-train network in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area in the west of the Netherlands that is jointly operated by HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) and Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET). It connects the cities of Rott ...

, located in

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, the

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History

The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. It was built to replace the old Rotterdam Kleiweg railway station ( Kleiwegkwartier), which was located 300 meters south of the new Melanchthonweg station and was served by trains on the Hofpleinlijn. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors. Due to a mistake made by the municipality, the street where the station is located is called ''Melanchtonweg'', without the second ''h''. The name of the RandstadRail station does feature this second ''h''. In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. Since 17 August 2010, the preceding station is no longer Hofplein, but Blijdorp instead. On this date, the tunnel connecting the existing line to Rotterdam Centraal was opened.

Train services

The following services currently call at Melanchthonweg:http://www.ret.nl/ RET

Tram and bus services

These services, operated by RET, depart from stops underneath the station: * Tram 25 ( Schiebroek - Melanchthonweg RR - Centraal Station NS -

Barendrecht Barendrecht () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, near Rotterdam, South Holland. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Barendrecht also includes Barendrech ...

-Carnisselande) * Bus 41 ( Rotterdam Noord NS - Melanchthonweg RR -

Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch language, Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and r ...

- Schiedam Centrum NS

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Melanchthonweg RandstadRail station RandstadRail stations in Rotterdam Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 2006