Rotterdam Blaak is a

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and

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. Located in the centre of the city, not far from the

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s and the

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, the station is served by trains operating on the

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between Rotterdam Centraal and

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. The first railway station at this location – then called Rotterdam Beurs – was opened on 2 May 1877. It formed part of a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long viaduct. Destroyed during

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, it was replaced by a new station, Rotterdam Blaak, in 1953. The underground metro station opened on 6 May 1982, with space reserved for a possible underground railway station directly underneath it. On 15 September 1993, this new underground railway station was opened, as part of a 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long tunnel. This tunnel, including the station, had four tracks instead of the two on the viaduct. Train services are operated by

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(NS).

Train services

The following services call at Rotterdam Blaak: *2x per hour national (''Intercity'') service from Amsterdam to Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal and Vlissingen *2x per hour national (''Intercity'') service from Lelystad to Almere, Duivendrecht, Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam and Dordrecht *4x per hour local service (''Sprinter'') from The Hague to Rotterdam and Dordrecht

Other public transport

The

of lines A, B, and C call at the subway station, simply called ''Blaak''. Several Rotterdam tram and city bus lines call at the Rotterdam Blaak station. A tram stop is located between the entrances of the railway and the metro station, where line 1 and line 11 stop. All subway lines, trams and city buses are operated by RET The routes of the city buses and trams are as follows:

External links

NS website

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
{{Authority control Blaak Railway stations located underground in the Netherlands Railway stations on the Staatslijn I Blaak Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1877