Berkel Westpolder RandstadRail station

Berkel Westpolder
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°59′22″N 4°27′18″E
Line(s)	E
Platforms	2
History
Opened	19 December 2008
Services
Preceding station RandstadRail Following station Rodenrijs towards Slinge Line E (RET) Pijnacker Zuid towards Den Haag Centraal
Location Berkel Westpolder Location within RandstadRail network

Berkel Westpolder is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands.

History

The RandstadRail station opened on 19 December 2008 for the RET Erasmuslijn metro service, currently line E. The station features 2 platforms, that are the same height as the train doors.

The station lies at the heart of a new housing development, called Westpolder/Bolwerk. The station was officially opened on 19 January 2009.

The guarded bicycle parking station was closed at the end of 2023 due to budget cuts.[1]

Train services

The following services currently call at Berkel Westpolder:

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 - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Wilhelminaplein - Rijnhaven - Maashaven - Zuidplein - Slinge	RET Metro	6x per hour (every 10 minutes), evenings and Sundays: 4x per hour (every 15 minutes)

Bus services

• 174 (Delft station - Delft TU (University) - Station Westpolder - Berkel en Rodenrijs - Bleiswijk - Bergschenhoek - Berkel en Rodenrijs - Station Westpolder - Delft TU (University) - Delft station)

Operated by Qbuzz, see www.qbuzz.nl or https://web.archive.org/web/20100305175339/http://www.qbuzz.nl/regio%2Brotterdam/cDU3_default.aspx

References

1. "Biesieklette Berkel Westpolder gaat weg". hartvanlansingerland.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024.