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RandstadRail
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station in
Zoetermeer
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History
The station opened as a railway station on 22 May 1977 as part of the
Zoetermeerlijn, operating
Zoetermeer Stadslijn services. The station closed on 3 June 2006 and reopened as a RandstadRail station on 29 October 2006, for the
HTM tram services (4), and on 20 October 2007, for tram service 3.
The station features four platforms on two levels that are at right angles with each other. The bottom two are the tracks from The Hague, which have not yet entered the Zoetermeer circuit. The platforms are low and at the same level as the tram doors.
It is one of only three stations in the world in which the same metro line still passes through it twice in a
pretzel
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configuration (the others being
Monument Metro Station
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on the
Tyne and Wear Metro
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in
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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England and
Serdika
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Currently, Serdika is the name of a district located in the city. It includes four neighbourhoods: "Fondovi zhilishta"; "Banishora", "Orlandov ...
and
Serdika II stations on the
Sofia Metro
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in
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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). A similar situation also existed for 14 years in
Canada
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on the
Vancouver SkyTrain
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at
Commercial–Broadway station
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and briefly on the
Toronto subway
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, also in Canada, at
Bloor-Yonge, for six months in 1966.
Passengers can change at Voorweg for Meerzicht, Driemanspolder, Delftsewallen and Dorp to get their destination faster.
Services
The following services currently call at Voorweg:
Although RR3 stops at both levels, RR4 stops only at the lower level.
Gallery
Image:RandstadRail netwerk 2009.svg, RandstadRail Network Map
Image:RR Ternoot 02072007.jpg, A RegioCitadis on RR4
Image:Hofplein 21-08-07.jpg, An RET Metro set that was converted for RandstadRail operation.
Image:Randstadrail Nootdorp 2.jpg, A new RET RandstadRail set, which replaced the Metro sets.
Image:Station Voorweg Laag.JPG, Station Voorweg Laag (Low Level (For Den Haag).
Image:Station Voorweg Hoog Zoetermeer.JPG, Station Voorweg Hoog (High Level (For Zoetermeer Stadslijn).
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Railway stations opened in 1977
RandstadRail stations in Zoetermeer