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The line - to the east of and avoiding Den Haag Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Rotterdam and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Rotterdam and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the | The line - to the east of and avoiding Den Haag Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Rotterdam and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Rotterdam and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the [http://www.ns.nl NS web site], then click link "Werk aan het spoor" for NS engineering work for the next two weeks. | ||
==Other sparse services== | ==Other sparse services== | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 19 December 2010
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Introduction
This list is based on the timetable timetable valid from December 2009, unless otherwise shown. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Obscure services
Diemen Zuid (Venserpolder aansluiting) — Halte ArenA — Bijlmer (Duivendrecht aansluiting)
(ERA 34A3) NL10/1
There are separate east-to-south and south-to-east curves — both reversibly signalled; the more westerly of the two has a halt to serve the nearby ArenA stadium, which is used by football specials, in season, for supporters of the visiting team, as advertised locally. Dates for Ajax games at AreanA can be found at the Ajax website (home games show Ajax first).
Utrecht Overvecht — Bilthoven (Blauwkapel Oost aansluiting)
(ERA 34C1) NL10/2
This section is quadruple track with two raised tracks and two tracks at ground level. The ground level tracks (the original alignment) still cross the Lunetten - Hilversum line by flat crossing (Blauwkapel Kruispunt) so it may be of interest to record that eastbound stopping trains from Utrecht CS (Centraal) to Amersfoort and to Baarn still use the flat crossing - as well as the trains in NL10/4.
Utrecht Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum — Hollandsche Rading (Blauwkapel Noord aansluiting) or Bilthoven (Blauwkapel Oost aansluitiung)
(ERA 34C1) NL10/4
This is the northern section of a freight line which avoids Utrecht on the east side. A seasonal shuttle service operates between Utrecht Centraal station and the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (Netherlands Railway Museum), located at the former Maliebaan station; trains run hourly (reversing at Blauwkapel Oost aansluiting) on Tuesdays to Sundays during school holidays. Departures from Utrecht Centraal 09:47 to 16:47 and return 10:27 to 16:27 (also 17:12) (journey time 15 minutes). See the Museum website's access page (although at time of publishing this entry the English webpage did not reflect the new arrangements effective from July 2010). In addition, the museum operate Heimwee Express on at least one weekend a month, leaving the Museum at 12:15, 13:30 and 15:00 for a 40 minute round trip to Hilversum, using the link to Blauwkapel Noord aansluiting.
Dordrecht: Stadt Polder — Baanhoekweg
(ERA 36C5) NL10/5
On the Saturday and Sunday of Dordt in Stoom, which functions in May every even numbered year, a shuttle service usually operates from Dordrecht Centraal over this short portion of the De Staart branch, to reach a model railway exhibition — look for "Stoomtrein" in the Dordt in Stoom programme.
Schiedam Centrum (Dhsa (DelfsHaven Schiebrug aansluiting) 171 points) — Rotterdam Noord (Dhsa 409 points)
(ERA 36B5, not shown) NL10/6
The line - to the west of and avoiding Rotterdam Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Den Haag and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Den Haag and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the NS web site, then click link "Werk aan het spoor" for NS engineering work for the next two weeks.
Den Haag HS (Binckhorst aansluiting) - Voorburg
(ERA 34B1) NL10/7
The line - to the east of and avoiding Den Haag Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Rotterdam and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Rotterdam and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the NS web site, then click link "Werk aan het spoor" for NS engineering work for the next two weeks.
Other sparse services
None.
Deletions since previous edition
| NL10/3 | Utrecht Lunetten (Lunetten sidings) — Utrecht Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum — Bilthoven (Blauwkapel Oost aansluiting): southern section no longer has passenger service; for northern section see NL10/4 |
