Utrecht Lunetten 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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

located in

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Net ...

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 ...

. The station originally opened on 10 June 1874 and is located on the

Utrecht–Boxtel railway The Utrecht–Boxtel railway is an important Rail transport, railway in the Netherlands running from Utrecht Centraal railway station, Utrecht Centraal station to Boxtel railway station, Boxtel station, passing through Geldermalsen railway station ...

and the

Hilversum–Lunetten railway The Hilversum–Lunetten railway is a railway in the Netherlands opened in 1874 and running from Hilversum station to Utrecht Centraal. Trains of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij were initially running from Hilversum to Utrecht Lun ...

(via Utrecht Maliebaan). The station closed on 15 May 1932. The station was re-opened on 25 September 1980. The services are currently operated 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 ...

. When new the station was just an interchange station between the Utrecht - 's-Hertogenbosch line and the Hilversum - Utrecht Lunetten services. There was no entrance/exit to the station, so its sole purpose was for the interchange of these lines.

Train services

The following services currently call at Utrecht Lunetten: *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') Woerden - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - Tiel *2x per hour local service (''sprinter'') The Hague - Utrecht - Geldermalsen - 's-Hertogenbosch The railway tracks were doubled in order to separate local from Intercity services.

Bus services

* 8 - Utrecht Lunetten - Tolsteeg - Centraal Station - Centrum - Sterrenwijk * 10 - Utrecht Lunetten - Kanaleneiland - Oudenrijn - Leidsche Rijn * 15 - Utrecht Lunetten - Tolsteeg - Hoograven (during evenings and Weekends)

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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