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Diemen railway station

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Connections
  
Bus lines 44, 357

Closed
  
1 January 1929

Province
  
North Holland

Architect
  
Cees Douma

Station code
  
Dmn

Opened
  
1 August 1882

Platforms in use
  
2

Diemen railway station

Location
  
Van Gemertplein 1, Diemen Netherlands

Operated by
  
HSM (1868–1929) NS (1974–present)

Line(s)
  
Amsterdam–Zutphen railway

Address
  
1111 LH Diemen, Netherlands

Similar
  
Amsterdam Science Park railw, Diemen Zuid station, Weesp railway station, Duivendrecht station, Halte Amsterdam ArenA

Diemen (abbreviation: Dmn) is a railway station in Diemen in the Netherlands. The station is on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway between Amsterdam Science Park and Weesp. The station was first opened in 1882 and then closed in 1929. It was reopened at the same location in 1974. The station building was completed in 1978. The train services are operated by NS. Among the direct destinations are Almere, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Lelystad, Schiphol, and Zwolle. There are connections to two bus services operated by GVB.

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Location

The railway station is located at 52°20′43″N 4°58′1″E in the town of Diemen, which is part of the City Region of Amsterdam, in the south of the province of North Holland in the west of the Netherlands. It is situated on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway between the railway stations Amsterdam Science Park and Weesp.

Building

The hexagonal station building was completed in 1978. It is of the type Sextant, which was designed by Cees Douma. Sixteen buildings of this type have been built in the years 1968–1979, seven of which remain today.

Train services

The railway station was opened on 1 August 1882. The first train services were operated by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM). The station was closed on 1 January 1929.

The station was reopened on 26 May 1974 at the same location. The HSM had merged into the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in 1938, which has operated the train services in Diemen since the reopening.

The following local Sprinter train services each call at Diemen twice per hour in both directions:

  • 4600: Amsterdam Centraal – Diemen – Almere Centrum – Lelystad Centrum – Zwolle
  • 5800: Hoofddorp – Schiphol – Amsterdam Centraal – Diemen – Hilversum – Amersfoort – Amersfoort Vathorst
  • Connections

    There are two bus connections at the station, which are both operated by Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB):

  • 44 (day service): Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA – Diemen Zuid – Diemen – Diemen Noord
  • 357 (night service): Amsterdam Centraal – Diemen – Bijlmermeer
  • References

    Diemen railway station Wikipedia