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Maassluis West metro station

Coordinates: 51°55′32″N 4°14′10″E / 51.92556°N 4.23611°E / 51.92556; 4.23611
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Maassluis West
Rotterdam Metro station
General information
LocationNetherlands
Coordinates51°55′32″N 4°14′10″E / 51.92556°N 4.23611°E / 51.92556; 4.23611
Owned byRET
Platforms2 Side Platforms
Other information
Station codeMsw
History
Opened31 May 1970
Closed1 April 2017
Rebuilt30 September 2019
Services
Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station
Maassluis Steendijkpolder Line B Maassluis Centrum
towards Nesselande
Location
Maassluis West is located in Southwest Randstad
Maassluis West
Maassluis West
Location within Southwest Randstad
Maassluis West is located in Netherlands
Maassluis West
Maassluis West
Maassluis West (Netherlands)

Maassluis West is a metro station in Maassluis, Netherlands. Originally opened as a railway station, it is now part of Rotterdam Metro Line B.

History

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Maassluis West station opened on 31 May 1970 as a railway station on the Hoekse Lijn operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

NS stopped operating the line, including Maassluis West railway station, on 1 April 2017 to enable conversion for metro train operations. The station was reopened by RET on 30 September 2019, with preview services operating on 28 September.[1]

Services

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As of 2019, Maassluis West is served by 6 trains per hour on RET Metro Line B, of which 3 per hour travel the full length of the route, and 3 travel only as far as Steendijkpolder[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Information about the Hoekse Lijn". Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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