Utrecht Centraal station

Utrecht Centraal
Utrecht Centraal in 2018
General information
LocationUtrecht
Netherlands
Coordinates52°5′21″N 5°6′35″E / 52.08917°N 5.10972°E / 52.08917; 5.10972
Owned byProRail
Operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
NS International
Arriva
ÖBB (Nightjet)
Line(s)Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Utrecht–Boxtel railway
Utrecht–Kampen railway
Platforms8
Tracks16
Connections U-OV, Qbuzz Tram: 20, 21, 22
U-OV, Qbuzz: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 24, 28, 38, 41, 47, 50, 55, 65, 73, 74, 77, 85, 285
Provincie Utrecht, Syntus: 50, 102, 107, 120, 195/295
Drechtsteden, Qbuzz: 90, 387, 388
Bravo, Arriva: 400, 401
Arriva: 195/295
Flixbus: 056, 086, 800, 817, 833, N31, N800, K947
Construction
Platform levels2
ParkingN/A
Bicycle facilities29232 (not including OV-Fiets (Rental))
AccessibleLifts, escalators and 24/7 staff to aid with boarding.
ArchitectBenthem Crouwel
Other information
Station codeUt
Fare zone5000
Websitehttps://www.ns.nl/stationsinformatie/ut/utrecht-centraal
History
Opened18 December 1843 (1843-12-18)
Passengers
207.360 daily railway passengers (excluding transfers, 2019 statistics)
Services
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Amsterdam Centraal
Terminus
ICE 43 Arnhem Centraal
towards Basel SBB
ICE 78 Arnhem Centraal
Preceding station ÖBB Following station
Amsterdam Centraal
Terminus
Nightjet Arnhem Centraal
Arnhem Centraal
towards Zürich HB
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station
Gouda NS Intercity 500 Reverses direction
Amersfoort Centraal
towards Groningen
Gouda NS Intercity 600
Amersfoort Centraal
towards Leeuwarden
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA NS Nachtnet 1400
Tuesday only
Terminus
Amsterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400
Except on Tues, Wed
Gouda NS Intercity 1700
Until 20:00
Reverses direction
Amersfoort Centraal
towards Enschede
NS Intercity 1700
Gouda NS Intercity 2000
Until 20:30
Terminus
Amsterdam Amstel
towards Alkmaar
NS Intercity 2700
Mon-Thur until 19:00
's-Hertogenbosch
towards Maastricht
Gouda NS Intercity 2800 Terminus
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
towards Enkhuizen
NS Intercity 2900
After 19:00 and Fri-Sun only
's-Hertogenbosch
towards Maastricht
Amsterdam Amstel
towards Den Helder
NS Intercity 3000 Driebergen-Zeist
towards Nijmegen
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA NS Intercity 3100
Mon-Thu before 19:00
Ede-Wageningen
towards Nijmegen
NS Intercity 3100
Fri-Sun before 19:00
Veenendaal-De Klomp
towards Nijmegen
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA NS Intercity 3200
Mon-Thu before 19:00
Veenendaal-De Klomp
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
towards Dordrecht
NS Intercity 3500 's-Hertogenbosch
towards Venlo
Amsterdam Amstel
towards Enkhuizen
NS Intercity 3900
Mon-Thur until 19:30
's-Hertogenbosch
towards Heerlen
Amsterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 11400
Wednesday Night only
Terminus
Terminus NS Nachtnet 21400
Fri/Sat nights only
's-Hertogenbosch
NS Nachtnet 21430
Fri/Sat night only
Driebergen-Zeist
towards Nijmegen
Amersfoort Centraal
Terminus
NS Nachtnet 21440
Fri/Sat night only
Terminus
Utrecht Overvecht NS Sprinter 4900
Utrecht Overvecht
towards Baarn
NS Sprinter 5500
Utrecht Overvecht
towards Zwolle
NS Sprinter 5600
Utrecht Overvecht NS Sprinter 5700
Not after 20:30
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn NS Sprinter 6000
After 18:00 and Fri-Sun
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
Woerden NS Sprinter 6700
After 18:00 and Fri-Sun
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
towards Tiel
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn NS Sprinter 6900
Mon-Thur until 18:00
Utrecht Zuilen
towards Breukelen
NS Sprinter 7300 Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
towards Rhenen
Utrecht Zuilen
towards Uitgeest
NS Sprinter 7400
Peak hours only
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
Woerden NS Sprinter 8800
Mon-Thur until 18:00
Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn
towards Woerden
NS Sprinter 8900
Mon-Fri midday
Terminus
Utrecht Leidsche Rijn NS Sprinter 8900
Mon-Fri Peak
Terminus NS Sprinter 28300 Utrecht Maliebaan
Terminus
Preceding station Arriva Netherlands Following station
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Nachttrein 32710
Friday night only
's-Hertogenbosch
towards Maastricht
Location
Utrecht Centraal
Location within Northeastern Randstad

Utrecht Centraal, officially Station Utrecht Centraal (Dutch: [staːˈɕɔn ˈytrɛxt sɛnˈtraːl]), is the transit hub that integrates three bicycle parkings, two bus stations, two tram stops and the central railway station for Utrecht, Netherlands. It is the biggest train station in the Netherlands.

Both the railway station and the bus station are the largest and busiest in the Netherlands. The bicycle parking station on the east side is the largest in the world.

The railway station has sixteen platform tracks (of which twelve are through tracks) and 207,360 embarking and disembarking passengers per day, excluding transfers. Because of its central location in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is the most important railway hub of the country with more than 1,000 departures per day.