Castricum

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

is located in

Castricum Castricum () is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Castricum is a seaside town in the province of North Holland. It attracts tourists who come mainly to visit the beach and nearby dune landscape. Lake ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

History

The station opened on 1 May 1867 as part of the

Den Helder–Amsterdam railway The Den Helder–Amsterdam railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Den Helder to Amsterdam, passing through Alkmaar and Zaandam. It is also called the '' Staatslijn K'' ("state line K") in Dutch. The line is 81 km long. The ...

. It was designed by Karel Hendrik van Brederode. The station was renovated in 1912, 1969 and in 2021. In the 2021 renovation the design focused on the relation with nearby Huis van Hilde and the tourism to the dune area.

Train services

, the following services call at Castricum: *2× per hour intercity service (Den Helder -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht *2× per hour intercity service Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Nijmegen *2× per hour local service (''sprinter'') Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam

Bus services

These services stop outside the station.

External links

NS website

Dutch public transport travel planner

References

Railway stations in North Holland Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1867 Railway stations on the Staatslijn K Castricum {{Netherlands-railstation-stub