Gouda railway station explained

Gouda
Style:NS
Address:Gouda, South Holland,
Netherlands
Line:Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Gouda–Den Haag railway
Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
Platform:6
Tracks:11
Opened:21 May 1855
Owned:Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Map Type:Netherlands Randstad ZW#Netherlands
Connections: Arriva: 1, 2, 3, 4, 175, 178, 190, 196, 278, 386, 497, (726
Syntus Utrecht: 106, 107',

Gouda is a railway station in Gouda, Netherlands. The station opened on 21 May 1855 when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rijn Railway Company) opened the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. The Gouda–Den Haag railway to The Hague was opened in 1870, and the connection to Alphen a/d Rijn in 1934.

Trains running between Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal and Utrecht Centraal call at the station, as well as the RijnGouweLijn connection to Alphen a/d Rijn.

In November 1944, during World War II, the strategically located railway station was bombed by the Royal Air Force. The main building of the railway station was severely damaged; traces of the bombing are visible to this day on platforms 3 and 5. In 1948 a new building was constructed out of the remaining first floor of the old building. This was replaced by the current building in 1984.

Train services

The following train services call at Gouda:

Bus services

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