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Almere Parkwijk railway station

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Location
  
Netherlands

Opened
  
1 February 1996

Platforms in use
  
2

Line(s)
  
Weesp–Lelystad railway

Province
  
Flevoland

Almere Parkwijk railway station

Address
  
1326 BE Almere, Netherlands

Similar
  
Almere Muziekwijk railway st, Almere Buiten railway st, Almere Centrum railway st, Almere Oostvaarders railway st, Almere Poort railway st

Almere Parkwijk is a railway station which lies in Almere, in the Netherlands. It is located approximately 24 km east of Amsterdam. It is on the Weesp–Lelystad railway. The station is on the newest polder in the Netherlands, the Flevopolder which is in the Flevoland province. The station was opened on 1 February 1996. Although the station was built 9 years after the other Almere stations it is styled in the same way as Almere Muziekwijk and Almere Buiten.

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Almere has become a commuter city for Amsterdam. The first house was built in 1976 and on 7 July 2008, it was recorded that there were 184 405 citizens living in Almere. The station lies in the centre of the 'Parkwijk' the Park Estate and the 'Verzetswijk'.

Train services

As of 11 December 2016, the following train services call at this station:

  • Local Sprinter services Hoofddorp - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Zuid - Almere Oostvaarders
  • Local Sprinter services The Hague - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam - Weesp - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle
  • Bus services

  • 5: Muziekwijk - Kruidenwijk - Almere Centrum - Parkwijk - Landgoederenbuurt - Station Buiten - Oostvaarders
  • 6: Noorderplassen - Kruidenwijk - Almere Centrum - Danswijk - Parkwijk
  • 7: Almere Centrum - Parkwijk - Tussen de Vaarten - Sallandsekant
  • 155: Holendrecht - Bijlmer ArenA - Bijlmermeer - Muiden P&R - Almere Gooisekant - Almere Parkwijk
  • 216: Almere Buiten - Almere Stad - Muiden - Amstelveen - Schiphol Oost
  • 322: Amsterdam Amstel - Muiden P&R - Almere Poort - Gooisekant - Almere Parkwijk
  • References

    Almere Parkwijk railway station Wikipedia