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Vlaardingen West
Vlaardingen West
Rotterdam Metro station
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	51°54′14″N 4°18′51″E / 51.90389°N 4.31417°E
Line(s)	Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
Platforms	1 island platform ; 1 side platform
Tracks	3
History
Opened	1 June 1969
Closed	1 April 2017
Rebuilt	30 September 2019
Services
From January 2019
Location
	Vlaardingen West Location within Southwest Randstad Vlaardingen West Vlaardingen West (Netherlands)

Vlaardingen West is a metro station in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands. Located on the Hoekse Lijn, it is served by RET Metro Line B at all times, and Line A during peak periods.

History edit

The station was opened on 1 June 1969 by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, as a local railway station on the Hoekse Lijn. NS stopped operating the line, including Vlaardingen West railway station, on 1 April 2017 to enable conversion for metro train operations. The station was reopened by RET on 30 September 2019, with preview services operating on 28 September.^[1]

Metro services edit

As of 2019, Vlaardingen West is served by 6 trains per hour on RET Metro Line B, of which 3 per hour travel the full length of the route, and 3 travel only as far as Steendijkpolder^[1]

During peak periods, the station is also the western terminus of Line A, with 6 trains per hour making use of the centre track and platform to turn back eastbound.

Bus services edit

Bus services are operated by RET.

Bus services stopping at Vlaardingen West
Line	Route	Via	Details
56	Vlaardingen West - Holy-Noord	Vlaardingen Oost, Overdrevenpad
156	Vlaardingen West - Holy-Noord	Vlaardingen Oost, Jean Monnetring	Not on Sundays
B2	Rotterdam Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal (ring)	Vijfsluizen, Vlaardingen Oost, Vlaardingen West	Friday- and Saturday evenings only