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Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden
	Railway station in 2018
General information
Location	Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Coordinates	53°11′45″N 5°47′28″E / 53.19583°N 5.79111°E
Line(s)	Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway; Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway; Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway; Leeuwarden–Groningen railway
Platforms	6
History
Opened	27 October 1863
Services
Location
	Leeuwarden Location within Netherlands

Leeuwarden railway station is the main railway station in Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. The station, which opened on 27 October 1863, is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway, the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway and the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. Leeuwarden was also the terminus of the North Friesland Railway which served Anjum and Harlingen via Stiens. Behind the station is a stabling point for many trains. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Arriva; of the station's six platforms, five are terminating platforms and one is a through platform.

Train services edit

As of 11 December 2016^[update], the following train services call at this station:

1× per hour express Intercity service Rotterdam - Utrecht - Amersfoort - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
1× per hour express Intercity service The Hague - Schiphol - Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle - Leeuwarden
1× per hour express Sneltrein service Leeuwarden - Buitenpost - Groningen
1× per hour local Sprinter service Leeuwarden - Meppel
2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek
1× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Sneek - Stavoren
2× per hour local Stoptrein service Harlingen Haven - Leeuwarden
2× per hour local Stoptrein service Leeuwarden - Groningen