Railway stations in the Netherlands

Some local trains – despite being called stoptreinen – do not stop at all stations: two examples are the services from Groningen to Roodeschool and from Tiel to Arnhem.

Track numbers are usually increasing in the direction away from the centre of the city and hence away from the main entrance(s) of the station.

At many stations, above platforms and at their access points, there are dynamic displays (electronic displays) of the destination and departure time of the next train[6] For checking in and out with an OV-chipkaart card readers are at station entrances, halls and/or platforms.

With an e-ticket bought in advance for a specific journey one can just get on the train without any further validation of the ticket.

[7] Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from (homeless) beggars or pickpockets, especially in large cities.

Measures taken to remedy this include installation of CCTV, locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls.

Stations also have a four-digit code that is used on the keypad of older ticket machines to specify a destination.