The station is a major hub for the Northern Netherlands. It is the only way trains can get from the north of the country, to any other region of the Netherlands.
ZwolleSpoort
On 31 August 2010, the principal stakeholders in the railway station—ProRail, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and the municipality of Zwolle—started the ZwolleSpoort project. This project included a major renovation of the existing station, an increase in capacity and an overhaul of the entire public transportation organization in the city.[1] The immediate starting point for the project was the Hanzelijn project, which was expected to increase passenger traffic by 33% in the period up to 2020. In order to deal with the extra traffic, the passenger tunnel (which was 5 meters wide) in the station was replaced by a new tunnel 17 meters wide and 120 meters long. The new tunnel, which opened on 26 June 2015, leads onto a new bus terminal at the southern end of the station. The tunnel also features shopping facilities.
In addition, the project entailed increasing the capacity and efficiency of the railway emplacement. The new Hanzelijn was accommodated by a new, fourth railway platform and by replacing the 34 points near the station with 15 longer ones which allow a more efficient railway pattern and allow trains to pass at higher speeds.[1]
Intercity: The Hague, Schiphol, Amsterdam Zuid, Almere, Lelystad, Zwolle, and Groningen
Intercity: The Hague, Schiphol, Amsterdam Zuid, Almere, Lelystad, Zwolle, and Leeuwarden
Intercity: Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Zwolle, and Groningen
Intercity: Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Zwolle, and Leeuwarden
Intercity: Zwolle, Deventer, Arnhem, Nijmegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Roosendaal
Sneltrein: Zwolle, Hardenberg, and Emmen
Sneltrein: Zwolle, Hardenberg, and Coevorden (peak hours)
Local services:
Stoptrein: Zwolle, Hardenberg, and Emmen
Sprinter: Utrecht, Amersfoort, and Zwolle
Sprinter: The Hague, Leiden, Amsterdam, Almere, Lelystad, and Zwolle
Sprinter: Zwolle, Almelo, Hengelo, and Enschede
Sprinter: Zwolle, and Kampen
Sprinter: Zwolle, Assen, and Groningen
Bus services
Many bus services also depart from the bus stations outside the station. These include services all over the city and regional services to Harderwijk, Apeldoorn, Urk, Steenwijk, Meppel, Coevorden, Ommen, Raalte and Deventer. NS means the service calls at the railway station.
1 – Stadshagen to Frankhuis, Deltion Campus, Zwolle railway station, and Oosterenk (town service)
2 – Ittersumbroek to Oldenerlanden, Zwolle railway station, Diezerpoort, and Holterbroek (town service)
3 – Zwolle railway station to Assendorp, Diezerpoort, and Berkum (town service)
4 – Ittersumbroek to Oldenerbroek, Schellerhoek, Zwolle railway station, Arcadia, Berkum-Brinkhoek, and AA-landen (town service)
5 – Zwolle railway station to Westenholte (town service)
7 – Zwolle railway station to Assendorp, and Oosterenk (town service)
8 – Zwolle railway station to Schellerlanden Campus (town service)
9 – Zwolle railway station to Deltion Campus (town service)
11 – Zwolle railway station to Stadion, and Rechterland (town service)
29 – Zwolle railway station to Ruitenveen, Nieuwenleusen, Balkbrug, Dedemsvaart, Lutten, Slagharen, De Krim, and Coevorden NS
40 – Zwolle railway station to – Lichtmis – Rouveen – Staphorst – Meppel NS – Nijeveen – Steenwijk NS
70 – Zwolle railway station to Genne, Hasselt, Zwartsluis, Giethoorn, and Steenwijk NS
71 – Zwolle railway station to Hasselt, Zwartsluis, Zieltje, St Jansklooster, Vollenhove, Marknesse, Kraggenburg, and Emmeloord
74 – Zwolle railway station to Hasselt, Genemuiden, IJsselmuiden, and Kampen NS
100 – Zwolle railway station to Oldebroek, Wezep, Elburg, and Nunspeet
141 – Zwolle railway station to 's-Heerenbroek, Wilsum, Kampen NS, Kampereiland, Ens, Emmelooord, Tollebeek, and Urk
161 – Zwolle railway station to Windesheim, Wijhe, Den Nul, Olst, Boskamp, Diepenveen, and Deventer NS
166 – Zwolle railway station to Wijthmen, Lenthe, Raalte, and Heino NS
167 – Zwolle railway station to Wijthmen, Hoonhorst, Dalfsen NS, Oudleusen, and Ommen NS
171 – Zwolle railway station to Hasselt, Zwartsluis, Zieltje, St Jansklooster, Vollenhove, Marknesse, and Emmeloord
200S – Zwolle railway station to Oldebroek, Elburg, and 't Harde (peak hours only)
201 – Zwolle railway station to Apeldoorn NS (express via A50 motorway)
203 – Zwolle railway station to Hattem, Wapenveld, Heerde, Epe, and Apeldoorn NS