Almere Oostvaarders railway station

Infobox NS-station
station = Almere Oostvaarders
stationsnaam = Almere Oostvaarders
latdeg=52 |latmin=24 |latsec=10 |londeg=5 |lonmin=18 |lonsec=0
positiekaartnaam=Randstad NO

Almere Oostvaarders is a railway station which is in Almere, in the Netherlands. It is located approximately 29km east of Amsterdam. It is on the Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad main line. It is approximately 3km north east of the Almere city centre.

History

Almere Oostvaarders is the newest station in Almere, opened on 12 December 2004. In 1988 when the Almere Buiten - Lelystad section was built a 4 track viaduct was built and they planned to build a station called 'Almere Buiten Oost' which translates as Almere Buiten East.Before the station was built the Stoptrain Amsterdam-Almere Oostvaarders terminated at Almere Buiten. The four tracks at Almere Oostvaarders were used by the driver walking through the train to start a service again at Almere Buiten.

The station is located in the newest polder in the Netherlands, the Flevopolder which is in the Flevoland province.

Almere has become a commuter city for Amsterdam. The first house was built in 1976 and on 7 July 2008, it was recorded that there were 184 405 citizens living in Almere. The station lies in the centre of the 'Oostvaarders' development.

When Almere Oostvaarders opened a new curve was built so trains could go from Almere to Hilversum and Utrecht without the necessary change of trains at Weesp. The curve is between the stations Almere Muziekwijk and Naarden-Bussum

The Station

The station lies on a viaduct with 4 tracks and has 4 platforms, which are island platforms. The station lies on the edge of Almere-Buiten in the Oostvaarders area. It is situated near the Oostvaarders nature reserve, the Oostvaardersplassen.

Train Services

The following train services call at Almere Oostvaarders:From December 2008 Stoptrein 4600 will be replaced by "Sprinter 4700" which will be extended to Zaandam and Uitgeest from Amsterdam Centraal. This service will be operated by SGMm.

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