Buildings and structures in Rotterdam

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: Museums in Rotterdam, Railway stations in Rotterdam, Rijksmonuments in Rotterdam, Rotterdam Centraal railway station, De Kuip, Maeslantkering, List of Rotterdam metro stations, Rotterdam Blaak railway station, Rotterdam Alexander railway station, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station, Rotterdam Zuid railway station, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Noord railway station, Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam Stadion railway station, Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Poortgebouw, Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam Hofplein railway station, Van Brienenoordbrug, World Port Center, Erasmusbrug, Pilgrim Fathers Church, Beurs World Trade Center Rotterdam, Groothandelsgebouw, Millennium Tower, Mevlana Mosque, De Bijenkorf, Provenierskerk, Willemsbrug, Kunsthal, Netherlands Architecture Institute, D'Oliphant, De Doelen, Witte Huis, Schotse Zeemanskerk, Maasvlakte Heliport, Rotterdam Delftsche Poort railway station, Wilhelminakerk, Bergpolderflat, Stieltjeskerk, Westerkerk, Stadion Woudestein, Berlage Institute, MAMA, Lijnbaan, Het Slaakhuis, Atlantic huis, Wereldmuseum, Chabot Museum, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, Boterdorpse Verlaat, Hazelaarweg Stadion, KPN Tower, Rotterdam Cruise Terminal, Boezembrug, Berg en Broeksche Verlaat. Excerpt: Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The station opened on the June 3, 1847 as the Delftsche Poort railway station. The station building designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn opened in 1957 and closed on September 2, 2007. The building became too small for the increasing number of passengers . Completion of a new, attractive, dynamic and well-functioning public transport terminal is expected in 2012. The new stationl will be a transport interchange of regional and international significance . The station currently has 13 platforms, many being island platforms. The station is on the Oude Lijn, Staatslijn I and the HSL-Zuid. There is a train/metro service under the station on Rotterdam Metro line D, and, as of 2010, on RandstadRail line E. As it is one of the four main stations in the Netherlands it is well connected with cities all over the country. Major destinations include: Amsterdam Centraal, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Breda, Capelle aan den IJssel, Deventer, Dordrecht, Delft, Den Haag HS, Den Haag City, Eindhoven, Enschede, Gouda, Haarlem, Hengelo, Hoek van Holland (Ferry to Harwich UK), Leeuwarden, Leiden, Maassluis, Middelburg, Utrecht Centraal, Venlo, Vlaardingen Centrum, Vlissingen, Zaandam, Zwolle. There are also International services to: Antwerpen, Brussels every hour and Paris 5 times in the day. The following services call at Rotterdam Centraal: Panorama of Rotterdam Centraal Rotterdam Centraal currently serves as a terminus for metro lines D and E, but a connection between these two separate sections is being built as part of the RandstadRail project. When established in August 2011, line E trains will continue further south to Slinge station, sharing the section between Rotterdam Centraal and Slinge with line D. The station is served by almost all tram lines in Rotterdam (4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 29) except line 2.