Opened 1 May 1855 Platforms in use 7 | Station code Bd | |
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Connections Arriva: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 115, 117, 119, 122, 123, 131, 132, 145, 311, 312, 316, 325, 326, 327, 401, 402, 617, 618 Connexxion: 19 Eurolines Similar Roosendaal railway station, Rotterdam Centraal station, Schiphol Airport railway st, Dordrecht railway station, Tilburg railway station | ||
Breda is a railway station in Breda, Netherlands. It is situated on the Breda–Rotterdam railway, the Roosendaal–Breda railway and the Breda–Eindhoven railway.
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History
The first station was opened on May 1, 1855 as the eastern terminus of the Roosendaal–Breda railway. When the line was extended to Tilburg, a new station was built on the same site in 1863. The station was initially run solely by a Belgian company, the Société Anonyme des chemins de fer d'Anvers à Rotterdam until the opening of the line to Tilburg from Staatsspoorwegen (Dutch State Railways), which changed after the merger between that company with the HSM in 1938 to Nederlandse Spoorwegen. In the 1970s, the station was rebuilt in combination with being placed on a viaduct. This station was opened on October 10, 1975 and designed by architect Hans (J.) Bak. The station was recognisable by its design with a large canopy over the two platforms with four tracks. The regional bus station next to the station had the same canopy type.
From April 4, 2011, the high-speed train Fyra from Amsterdam Centraal stops in Breda. This service was renamed in December 2013 to Intercity Direct because of the earlier problems with the V250 rolling stock.
On May 30, 2012, the Minister of Infrastructure Melanie Schultz van Haegen officially launched the project Via Breda, which includes another total reconstruction of the station. On September 6, 2014 at 05:30 (AM), a new pedestrian tunnel was opened alongside the northern part of the station building. The old southern station building will be demolished, as well as the regional and city bus stations. The buses were replaced to the northern side on new elevated bus platforms when the old southern part of the station was closed in the night between September 6 and 7 after the last night train departed. The project is expected to be completed in 2016, when the southern part of the new station will be opened.
Destinations
The following major destinations are directly connected from Breda railway station:
Dordrecht, Rotterdam Centraal, Delft, Den Haag HS, Den Haag Centraal, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Schiphol, Tilburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Oss, Nijmegen, Arnhem, Deventer, Zwolle, Eindhoven, Helmond, Venlo and Roosendaal.
Train services
The following services start at Breda:
In the new 2015 railway timetable, which will be implemented on December 14, 2014, the off-peak frequency of the sprinter between Breda and The Hague will be increased to 2x per hour, creating a 2x per hour service on weekdays until 20:00 (8pm).
Bus services
The station is served by city bus services (stadsbussen) as well as several regional bus services (streekbussen)
Stadsbussen
There are 9 city bus lines. All lines are operated by Arriva. From the railway station the city bus lines provides services to/from:
Several neighbourhoods are also served by regional bus services (see also: Streekbussen)
The routes of the city buses are as follows:
Streekbussen
Several regional bus lines serve the station. Two of them are also international services to the Dutch town of Hulst via Antwerp in Belgium. (Line 19) and to the village of Meersel-Dreef, also in Belgium. (Line 145) The regional bus lines are operated by Arriva and Connexxion
The routes of the regional buses, serving Breda, Centraal Station are as follows: