Heerhugowaard railway station

Heerhugowaard
Heerhugowaard railway station
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°40′12″N 4°49′25″E
Line(s)	Den Helder–Amsterdam railway Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway
Platforms	3
History
Opened	20 December 1865 (1865-12-20)
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Schagen towards Den Helder NS Intercity 800 rush Alkmaar Noord towards Maastricht NS Intercity 3000 Alkmaar Noord towards Nijmegen Obdam towards Hoorn NS Sprinter 4800 Alkmaar Noord towards Amsterdam Centraal
Location Heerhugowaard Location within Netherlands

Heerhugowaard railway station serves the towns of Heerhugowaard and Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands. The station opened on 20 December 1865 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway and Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

View of the former station, circa 1880

The station was known as Heerhugowaard-Broek op Langedijk between 1948 and 1976. The station has 3 platforms and a station building. The previous station buildings were used between 1862 and 1967, when it was demolished, and also a building from 1967 to 1989 and is now being used as a snackbar.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• 2x per hour Intercity services Schagen - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht (peak hours only)
• 2x per hour Intercity services Den Helder - Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem - Nijmegen
• 2x per hour Local services (Sprinter) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam

Bus services

The following bus services are operated by Connexxion and call at the station.

• 162 - Heerhugowaard - Alkmaar
• 407 - Heerhugowaard - Broek op Langedijk - Zuid Scharwoude - Noord Scharwoude - Heerhugowaard
• 409 - Heerhugowaard - Rustenburg - Ursem - Hensbroek - Obdam

External links

• Media related to Station Heerhugowaard at Wikimedia Commons
• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch public transport travel planner (in Dutch)