Rotterdam Alexander is a combined metro and railway station in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is located on the Utrecht–Rotterdam railway. It is named after Prins Alexander borough, and therefore indirectly after Alexander, Prince of Orange. Near the station is shopping mall Alexandrium situated.

Train services

The following services currently call at Rotterdam Alexander:

• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Groningen
• 1x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Leeuwarden
• 2x per hour intercity service Rotterdam – Utrecht
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle – Woerden – Amsterdam – Uitgeest
• 2x per hour local service (sprinter) Rotterdam – Gouda – Gouda-Goverwelle (Peak hours only)

Metro service

Rotterdam Alexander station is also located on the Rotterdam Metro, a rapid transit system operated by RET. It is served by trains of lines A and B and is located on the former Caland line or east–west line (Dutch: Calandlijn / Oost-Westlijn).

See also

• Nederlandse Spoorwegen