Arnhem Centraal railway station is the largest railway station in the city of Arnhem in Gelderland , Netherlands . It was opened on 14 May 1845 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway , the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway . The station opened at the same time as the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway, that continues into Germany via the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway .
6-578: The station is the main station of Arnhem, and at present, has around 40,000 passengers that use the station per day, this makes it the 9th busiest station in the Netherlands. The main building has a surface of 18,000 m2 and a volume of 76,000 m3, the building has a capacity of 110.000 transfers per day. In 2006 a reconstruction of the complete station area started. In October of that year, a temporary station entrance opened, that could only be reached by three sets of stairs (or by elevators). On 2 July 2011,
12-410: A bus service for KLM customers from the train station to Schiphol Airport . UNStudio UNStudio (formerly Van Berkel en Bos Architectenbureau ) is a Dutch architectural practice specializing in architecture , urban development and "infrastructural" projects. The practice was founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos . The initials "UN" stand for United Network, a reference to
18-425: A new tunnel under the platforms opened. The temporary entrance closed down and dismantled in the autumn of 2011. As of that period the railway consists of four platforms including a footbridge connecting all platforms. During the summer of 2011 a new dive under was created west of the station which allows trains to Nijmegen and Utrecht to underpass all tracks without interfering the other train services. All traffic on
24-638: The Dutch Nationale Staalprijs . The station is served by the following train services : The bus services depart from the covered bus station underneath the Essent towers and from the area in front of the main entrance. Arnhem is known for its trolleybus service in the Netherlands. They operate on a number of city services. Bus services are operated by a variety of operators; city services are operated by Breng and regional services by Breng , Arriva and Syntus . KLM also operates
30-633: The collaborative nature of the practice comprising individuals from various countries with backgrounds and technical training in numerous fields. In 2009 UNStudio Asia was established, with its first offices located in Shanghai and Hong Kong. UNStudio Asia is a full service office with a multinational team of all-round and specialist architects and is intricately connected to UNStudio Amsterdam. Further offices are located in Frankfurt, Dubai and Melbourne. UNStudio has an average work-force of 250+ employees and
36-413: The western part of the station was completely suspended for five weeks. The dive under officially opened on 29 August 2011. The official re-opening of the completed station was on 19 November 2015, on this day the station was renamed Arnhem Centraal , formerly it had just been Arnhem . The new design of the railway station was created by UNStudio in collaboration with Cecil Balmond at Arup AGU. It won
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