Melanchthonweg RandstadRail station

Melanchthonweg
Melanchthonweg station
Station statistics
Coordinates	51°56′55″N 4°27′52″E / 51.94861°N 4.46444°E / 51.94861; 4.46444Coordinates: 51°56′55″N 4°27′52″E / 51.94861°N 4.46444°E / 51.94861; 4.46444
Lines	E
Platforms	2
Other information
Opened	10 Sep 2006
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Location

Melanchthonweg is a RandstadRail station located in Rotterdam-Schiebroek, The Netherlands.

History

The RandstadRail station opened on 10 September 2006 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. It was built to replace the old Rotterdam Kleiweg railway station, which was located 300 meters south of the new Melanchthonweg station and was served by trains on the Hofpleinlijn. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.

Due to a mistake made by the municipality, the street where the station is located is called Melanchtonweg, without the second h. The name of the RandstadRail station does feature this second h.

In 2006 and 2007 the service was operated as a shuttle Rotterdam Hofplein - Nootdorp. Since 17 August 2010, the preceding station is no longer Hofplein, but Blijdorp instead. On this date, the tunnel connecting the existing line to Rotterdam Centraal was opened.

Train services

The following services currently call at Melanchthonweg^[1]:

Service	Route	Material	Frequency
E	Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg 't Loo - Leidschendam-Voorburg - Forepark - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker Centrum - Pijnacker Zuid - Berkel Westpolder - Rodenrijs - Meijersplein - Melanchthonweg - Blijdorp - Rotterdam Centraal	RET Metro	6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

Preceding station		RandstadRail		Following station
Blijdorp toward Rotterdam Centraal		Line E (RET)		Meijersplein toward Den Haag Centraal

Tram and bus services

These services, operated by RET, depart from stops underneath the station^[1]:

• Tram 25 (Schiebroek - Melanchthonweg RR - Centraal Station NS - Barendrecht-Carnisselande)
• Bus 41 (Rotterdam Noord NS - Melanchthonweg RR - Rotterdam The Hague Airport - Schiedam Centrum NS

Gallery

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  RandstadRail Network Map

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  A RegioCitadis on RR4

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  An RET Metro set that was converted for RandstadRail operation.

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  A new RET RandstadRail set, which replaced the Metro sets.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ret.nl/ RET