# Haarlem railway station

Haarlem railway station is located in Haarlem in North Holland, Netherlands. The station opened at September 20, 1839, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway, the first railway line in the Netherlands. The station building itself is a rijksmonument.

## History

The original, wooden station was built on the Oude Weg, just outside the Amsterdamse Poort in 1839 to accommodate the passengers of the first railway in the Netherlands between Haarlem and Amsterdam. This had a broad gauge rail width of the Dutch broad gauge 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in). The station was built outside the city, on the current location of the Centrale Werkplaats (maintenance depot) of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij.
At great expense, the track gauge was reduced in 1866 to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) in order to conform to George Stephenson's standard gauge. The train engine "De Snelheid" was the twin of the "Arend", which along with the carriages, were designed by Stephenson's apprentice, the English rail engineer Thomas Longridge Gooch of R.B. Longridge & Co. There were 4 trains per day to Amsterdam, scheduled at 9:00, 14:00, 16:00, and 18:00. The prices of the tickets for 1st (closed carriage), 2nd, and 3rd class (charabanc) were 1.20, 80c, and 40c (guilders).
Within a few years the new railway turned out to be a great success, and in 1842 a permanent station was built on the current location. It was designed by Frederick Willem Conrad in a semi-Greek neo-classicistic style. The front of the building was open to the street.

### Mouthaan

In 1867 the station was re-designed by P.J. Mouthaan. An extra floor was put on the building and the front of the building was enclosed.

### Current station

The current building was built between 1906 and 1908. The design is by the railway station specialist Dirk Margadant (1849-1915). The tracks were elevated, to avoid conflict with the traffic in the city. It is the only train station in the Netherlands that is built in Art Nouveau style.

## Train services

As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Haarlem:

### International rail

| Train | Operator(s) | From | Via | To | Freq. | Service |
| Alpen Express 1300 | Railexpert | Den Haag HS | Leiden Centraal - Haarlem - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - 's Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Venlo - Kufstein - Wörgl hbf - Westendorf - Kirchberg in Tirol - Kitzbühel - St. Johann in Tirol - Fieberbrunn - Saalfelden - Zell am See - Schwarzach-St. Veit - St. Johann im Pongau | Bischofshofen | 1/week | Only in service from December up to March and only running on Fridays. |
| Alpen Express 1300 | Railexpert | Den Haag HS | Leiden Centraal - Haarlem - Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal - 's Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Venlo - Kufstein - Wörgl hbf - Jenbach - Innsbruck hbf - Ötztal - Imst-Pitztal - Landeck-Zams - St. Anton am Arlberg - Langen am Arlberg | Bludenz | 1/week | Only in service from December up to March and only running on Fridays. |

### National rail

| Train | Operator(s) | From | Via | To | Freq. | Service |
| InterCity 2100 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Haarlem - Heemstede-Aerdenhout - Leiden Centraal | Den Haag Centraal | 2/hour | Does not run after 10.00 pm Also calling at Heemstede-Aerdenhout |
| InterCity 2200 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Haarlem - Heemstede-Aerdenhout - Leiden Centraal- Den Haag Laan van NOI - Den Haag HS - Delft - Schiedam Centrum - Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Blaak - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Bergen op Zoom - Rilland-Bath - Krabbendijk - Kruiningen-Yerseke - Kapelle-Biezelinge - Goes - Arnemuiden - Middelburg - Vlissingen Souburg | Vlissingen | 2/hour | Also calling at Heemstede-Aerdenhout, Den Haag Laan van NOI, Schiedam Centrum, Rotterdam Blaak, Rilland-Bath, Krabbendijk, Kruiningen-Yerseke, Kapelle-Biezelinge, Arnemuiden and Vlissingen Souburg |
| InterCity 3400 | NS | Haarlem | Beverwijk - Castricum - Heiloo | Alkmaar | 2/hour | Peak hours and peak direction only (morning Alkmaar→ Haarlem, evening Haarlem→ Alkmaar) Also calling at Heiloo |
| Sprinter 4800 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Halfweg-Zwanenburg - Haarlem Spaanwoude - Haarlem - Bloemendaal - Santpoort Zuid- Santpoort Noord - Driehuis - Beverwijk - Heemskerk - Uitgeest - Castricum - Heiloo - Alkmaar - Alkmaar Noord- Heerhugowaard- Obdam | Hoorn | 2/hour | Runs only 1x per hour between Alkmaar and Hoorn after 8.00 pm |
| Sprinter 5400 | NS | Amsterdam Centraal | Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Halweg-Zwanenburg - Haarlem Spaarnwoude - Haarlem - Overveen | Zandvoort aan Zee | 2/hour | |
| Sprinter 6300 | NS | Den Haag Centraal | Den Haag Laan van NOI - Den Haag Mariahoeve - Voorschoten - De Vink - Leiden Centraal - Voorhout - Hillegom - Heemstede-Aerdenhout | Haarlem | 2/hour | After 8.00 pm and in weekends the service towards Den Haag Centraal terminates at Leiden Centraal |
| Sprinter 15400 | NS | Haarlem | Overveen | Zandvoort aan Zee | 2/hour | Only in service during the summer season |

## Bus services

| Operator | Line | Route | Service |
| Connexxion | 2 | Haarlem Spaarwoude - Zuiderpolder - Potgieterbuurt - Centrum - Haarlem Station - Sinnevelt - Delftwijk - Deltplein | |
| Connexxion | 3 | Haarlem Schalkwijk - Haarlem Station - Haarlem Delftplein - Velserbroek - Driehuis - IJmuiden | |
| Connexxion | 8 | Haarlem Station → Hogeschool INHOLLAND → Overveen → Haarlem Station | Some services terminate at Overveen Adriaan Stoopplein |
| Connexxion | 14 | Hillegom - Vogelenzang - Bennebroek - Heemstede de Glip - Heemstede Station - Haarlem Station - Haarlem Delftplein - Spaarndam - Haarlemmerliede | During peak hours, there are extra services between Haarlem Station and Haarlem Delftplein (2/hour) |
| Connexxion | 15 | Spaarnwoude - Waarderpolder - Haarlem Station | |
| Arriva | 50 | Leiden - Oegstgeest - Warmond - Sassenheid - Lisse - Hillgom - Bennebroek - Heemstede - Haarlem Station | |
| Connexxion | 73 | Haarlem Schalkwijk - Haarlem Station - Haarlem Delftplein - Velserbroek - Beverwijk - Heemskerk - Uitgeest | |
| Connexxion | 81 | Haarlem Station - Bloemendaal aan Zee - Zandvoort | |
| Connexxion | 84 | Haarlem Station - Bloemendaal aan Zee - Zandvoort | Only in service between the 9th of March and the 29th of September and only on busy days, at events in Bloemendaal and Zandvoort and when temperatures are 25 °C of above. |
| Connexxion | 255 | Haarlem Station - Amsterdam Zuidoost | Only in service during peak hours |
| Connexxion | 300 | Haarlem Station - Vijfhuizen - Hoofddorp - De Hoek - Schiphol-Centrum - Schiphol-Noord - Amstelveen - Ouderkerk aan de Amstel - Amsterdam Zuidoost | Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | 340 | Haarlem Station - Heemstede - Cruquius - Hoofddorp - Rozenburg - Aalsmeer - Uithoorn - Mijdrecht | Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | 346 | Haarlem Station - Amsterdam VUmc - Amsterdam Station Zuid | Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | 356 | Haarlem Station - Badhoevedorp - Schiphol-Noord - Amstelveen - Ouderkerk aan de Amstel - Amsterdam Zuidoost | Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | 385 | Haarlem Station - Santpoort - Driehuis - IJmuiden (- IJmuiden aan Zee) | Services to IJmuiden aan Zee only during summer Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | 507 | Haarlem Station - Cruquius Paswerk | In the morning: one service toward Cruquius Paswerk In the afternoon: one service toward Haarlem Station Busses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | N30 | IJmuiden - Driehuis - Santpoort-Noord - Haarlem Station - Vijfhuizen - Hoofddorp - De Hoek - Schiphol-Centrum - Schiphol-Noord - Amstelveen - Ouderkerk aan de Amstel - Amsterdam-Zuidoost | Nightbusses under the brand R-net |
| Connexxion | N80 | Amsterdam Centrum → Halfweg → Haarlem Station → Velserbroek → Driehuis → IJmuiden | Nightbusses under the brand R-net |

## Gallery

* 1900s decoration depicting the history of the Amsterdam-Haarlem train route from the trekschuit to carriageway along the haarlemmertrekvaart.
* In this commemorative tile tablet for Beijnes, now in the Spoorwegmuseum, the old Beijnes factory across from the Haarlem station can be seen, that was built in the same style as the station itself in 1867. The Beijnes hall and workshop was situated across from the station, and is where the train locomotives were serviced and where the train and tram carriages were made.
* Waiting room first class; the cow-catchers depicted on the train engines are historically inaccurate and were never found on Dutch train engines.
* 1939 tile memorial plaque celebrating 100 years of railway history shows accurate early engine on the left.

## In Popular culture

The scenes in the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve that are meant to portray Amsterdam Centraal station were actually shot on platform 3a at Haarlem station.