Zwolle railway station

Zwolle
Zwolle railway station
Location	Zwolle, Netherlands
Coordinates
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Utrecht–Kampen railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Zwolle–Almelo railway Zwolle–Emmen railway Lelystad–Zwolle railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	13
Connections	OV Regio IJsselmond: 70, 71, 74, 171, 641 Syntus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 29, 40, 83, 100, 161, 166, 167, 200, 201, 202, 203, 609, 667, 668
Other information
Station code	Zl
History
Opened	6 June 1864
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Amersfoort toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 500 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 12500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 700/12600 on section Zwolle-Groningen Assen toward Groningen Lelystad Centrum toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 700 1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly services with Intercity 12700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and with Intercity 500 on section Zwolle-Groningen Wijhe toward Roosendaal NS Intercity 3600 2x/hour Terminus Amersfoort toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 12500 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Rotterdam Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12600/12700 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden Steenwijk toward Leeuwarden Lelystad Centrum toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 12600 2x/hour Vlissingen-Zwolle, 1x/hour Zwolle-Groningen and 1x/hour Zwolle-Leeuwarden; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 500 on section Zwolle-Groningen and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12500 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden Assen toward Groningen Meppel toward Leeuwarden Lelystad Centrum toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 12700 1x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings. Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle and combined incorrect half-hourly service with Intercity 12500 on section Zwolle-Leeuwarden Kampen Zuid toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour Terminus Wezep toward Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 5600 2x/hour Terminus NS Sprinter 7900 2x/hour Heino toward Enschede Kampen Terminus NS Sprinter 8500 2x/hour Terminus Terminus NS Sprinter 9100 2x/hour, but only 1x/hour on Sunday mornings and early Sunday afternoons Meppel toward Groningen Preceding station   Arriva   Following station Terminus Sneltrein 3800 1x/hour Dalfsen toward Emmen Sneltrein 13800 2x/hour; Weekdays rush hours only Dalfsen toward Coevorden Stoptrein 8000 1x/hour Dalfsen toward Emmen
Location

Zwolle is a railway station in Zwolle, Netherlands. The station opened on 6 June 1864 and is on the Utrecht–Kampen railway, also known as the Centraalspoorweg, the Zwolle–Almelo railway, the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Zwolle–Emmen railway and the Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also known as the Hanzelijn.

The station is a major hub for the Northern Netherlands. It is the only way trains can get from the north of the country, to any other region of the Netherlands.

ZwolleSpoort

On August 31, 2010, the principal stakeholders in the railway station (Prorail, the Dutch Railways and the municipality of Zwolle) started the ZwolleSpoort project. This project will result in a major renovation of the existing station, an increase in capacity and an overhaul of the entire public transportation organization in the city. The main reason for the project is the Hanzelijn project, which is expected to increase the passenger traffic by 33% in the period up to 2020. In order to deal with the extra traffic, the passenger tunnel (which was 5 meters wide) in the station was replaced by a new tunnel 17 meters wide and 120 meters long. The new tunnel, which opened on 26 June 2015, will lead onto a new public transportation terminal at the southern end of the station, which will be the main crossroads of the city buses, regional buses and the future tramline to the town of Kampen. The tunnel will also feature shopping facilities.

The project also entails increasing the capacity and efficiency of the railway emplacement. The new Hanzelijn will be accommodated by a new, fourth railway platform and the 34 points near the station will be replaced by 15 longer ones which will allow a more efficient railway pattern and allow trains to pass at higher speeds.

Train services

The following train services currently call at Zwolle:

• 1x per hour Intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Groningen
• 1x per hour Intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 1x per hour Intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Groningen
• 1x per hour Intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
• 2x per hour Intercity service Zwolle - Deventer - Arnhem - Nijmegen - 's-Hertogenbosch - Roosendaal
• 1x per hour Express service (sneltrein) Zwolle - Hardenberg - Emmen
• 1x per hour Local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Hardenberg - Emmen
• 2x per hour Local service (stoptrein) Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle
• 2x per hour Local service (sprinter) Amsterdam Centraal - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle
• 2x per hour Local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Almelo - Hengelo - Enschede
• 2x per hour Local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Kampen
• 2x per hour Local service (stoptrein) Zwolle - Assen - Groningen

Bus services

Many bus services also depart from the bus stations outside the station. These include services all over the city and regional services to Harderwijk, Apeldoorn, Urk, Steenwijk, Meppel, Coevorden, Ommen, Raalte and Deventer. NS (e.g. Steenwijk NS) means this service calls at the railway station (e.g. in Steenwijk).

• 1 - Stadshagen - Frankhuis - Deltion Campus - Zwolle - Oosterenk (Town Service)
• 2 - Ittersumbroek - Oldenerlanden - Zwolle - Diezerpoort - Holterbroek (Town Service)
• 3 - Zwolle - Assendorp - Diezerpoort - Berkum (Town Service)
• 4 - Ittersumbroek - Oldenerbroek - Schellerhoek - Zwolle - Arcadia - Berkum-Brinkhoek - AA-landen (Town Service)
• 5 - Zwolle - Westenholte (Town Service)
• 7 - Zwolle - Assendorp - Oosterenk (Town Service)
• 8 - Zwolle - Campus (Schellerlanden) (Town Service)
• 9 - Zwolle - Deltion Campus (Town Service)
• 11 - Zwolle - Stadion - Rechterland (Town Service)
• 29 - Zwolle - Ruitenveen - Nieuwenleusen - Balkbrug - Dedemsvaart - Lutten - Slagharen - De Krim - Coevorden NS
• 40 - Zwolle - Lichtmis - Rouveen - Staphorst - Meppel NS - Nijeveen - Steenwijk NS
• 70 - Zwolle - Genne - Hasselt - Zwartsluis - Giethoorn - Steenwijk NS
• 71 - Zwolle - Hasselt - Zwartsluis - Zieltje - St Jansklooster - Vollenhove - Marknesse - Kraggenburg - Emmeloord
• 74 - Zwolle - Hasselt - Genemuiden - IJsselmuiden - Kampen NS
• 100 - Zwolle - Oldebroek - Wezep - Elburg - Nunspeet
• 141 - Zwolle - 's-Heerenbroek - Wilsum - Kampen NS - Kampereiland - Ens - Emmelooord - Tollebeek - Urk
• 161 - Zwolle - Windesheim - Wijhe - Den Nul - Olst - Boskamp - Diepenveen - Deventer NS
• 166 - Zwolle - Wijthmen - Lenthe - Heino - Raalte - Heino NS
• 167 - Zwolle - Wijthmen - Hoonhorst - Dalfsen NS - Oudleusen - Ommen NS
• 171 - Zwolle - Hasselt - Zwartsluis - Zieltje - St Jansklooster - Vollenhove - Marknesse - Emmeloord
• 200s - Zwolle - Oldebroek - Elburg - 't Harde (Peak hours only)
• 201 - Zwolle - Apeldoorn NS (Express via A50 motorway)
• 203 - Zwolle - Hattem - Wapenveld - Heerde - Epe - Apeldoorn NS

See also

• Railway stations in the Netherlands
• Dutch railway services

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons