De Vink is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It is located near the former hamlet of De Vink, currently a part of

Leiden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wi ...

. The station re-opened in 1985. It is wedged in between the city of

and the neighbouring town of

Voorschoten Voorschoten () is a village and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a smaller town in the Randstad, enclosed by the cities of Leiden, Wassenaar and The Hague. The municipality covers an area of of whi ...

. The tracks in the direction of

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

are on

ground. The tracks in the direction of

are on

ground. Because of this, it is currently the only railway station in the

not to feature the name of the city it is located in.

Train services

The following services call at De Vink: *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Leiden - Sassenheim - Nieuw-Vennep - Hoofdorp - Schiphol - Amsterdam Lelylaan - Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Amsterdam Centraal *2x per hour local service (''stoptrein'') The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem

Gallery

Image:224_-_Voetgangerstunnel_de_Vink.JPG, Station De Vink Image:Cune van Groeningen - Monument voor Joke Smit - 1997.JPG, Monument near Station De Vink (by Cune van Groeningen) Image:SybilVoorschoten.JPG, Goddess

Sibyl The sibyls (, singular ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by PausaniasPausanias 10.12.1 when he described local tradi ...

near Station De Vink Image:Station De Vink (2023)-6.jpg, Building near the station Image:Station De Vink (2023)-4.jpg, The platforms Image:Station De Vink (2023)-2.jpg, SLT to Haarlem on rail 4 Image:Station De Vink (2023)-5.jpg, Stairs to one of the platform

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Vink Railway Station Railway stations in South Holland Railway stations opened in 1906 Railway stations closed in 1928 Railway stations opened in 1985 Railway stations on the Oude Lijn 1985 establishments in the Netherlands Buildings and structures in Leiden Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 20th century