Classic route
Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
Rotterdam → Utrecht · Netherlands
The Rhenish Railway Company built it between 1855 and 1858; after the Maas station was bombed out of Rotterdam in 1940 the city end was rebuilt on an embankment and reopened in 1953.
- Distance
- 56 km
- Fastest time
- 37 min
- Average speed
- 91 km/h
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Stations
- 0 kmRotterdam Centraal +5
- 10 kmRotterdam Alexander
- 24 kmGouda
- 56 kmUtrecht Centraal +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1323486: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 2819
Questions and answers
How long is the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway?
The Utrecht–Rotterdam railway runs 56 km from Rotterdam to Utrecht.
How long does the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 37 min for the 56 km. That is an average of 91 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway?
Nederlandse Spoorwegen, with IC 2800.
How old is the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway?
The line has been in service since 1858. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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