Hoek van Holland Haven | |
Symbol: | metro |
Symbol Location: | rotterdam |
Type: | Rotterdam Metro station |
Style: | Rotterdam Metro |
Country: | Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 51.9781°N 4.1283°W |
Platform: | 1 staggered side platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1 June 1893 |
Architect: | M.A. van Wadenoijen |
Closed: | 1 April 2017 |
Rebuilt: | 30 September 2019 |
Electrified: | 1935 |
Code: | Hld |
Operator: | RET |
Map Type: | Netherlands Randstad ZW#Netherlands |
Hoek van Holland Haven (Hook of Holland Harbour) is a metro station on Line B of the Rotterdam Metro, in Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), Rotterdam, South Holland. Trains connect with the Stena Line Dutchflyer boat service to Harwich International in England. Until 1 April 2017, it was a railway station served by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. On 30 September 2019, it reopened as the western terminus of RET Metro Line B.,[1] and in 2023 it was extended to the new Hoek van Holland Strand station with the platforms relocated to the northwest of the historical station-building, so that they are on the new section of the line.
As of 2019, metro service operates every 20 minutes throughout the day to Nesselande, via Beurs.[1]
Since 2017 rail service from Rotterdam Centraal railway station operates every 30 minutes. The service continues on to Hoek van Holland Strand railway station 600m (2,000feet) further west.
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