Hoogvliet is an above-ground
subway station
A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emerg ...
of the
Rotterdam Metro
The Rotterdam Metro () is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam, Netherlands and surrounding municipalities by RET. The first line, called ''Noord – Zuidlijn'' (North – South line) opened in 1968 and ran from Centraal Station to Zu ...
lines C and D. The station is located in the borough
Hoogvliet
Hoogvliet () is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2023, it had 35,885 inhabitants. There is also a national chain of Dutch supermarkets with the same name.
History
The village Hoogvliet was first mentioned on 26 May 1326 in th ...
in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
and features two side platforms.
The station was opened on 25 October 1974. On that date, the North-South Line (currently operated by line D trains) was extended from its former terminus,
Slinge, towards
Zalmplaat
Zalmplaat is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, 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 ...
station. Since the East-West Line was connected to the North-South Line in November 2002, trains of what is currently line C also call at Hoogvliet station.
Rotterdam Metro stations
Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1974
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