Den Helder–Amsterdam railway

Den Helder–Amsterdam railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	The Netherlands
Termini	Den Helder railway station Amsterdam Centraal railway station
Operation
Opened	1865-1878
Operator(s)	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Technical
Line length	83 km (52 mi)
No. of tracks	single track (Den Helder–Schagen), double track (Schagen–Amsterdam)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC
Route map Legend 0.6 Den Helder   3.4 Den Helder Zuid 12.1 Anna Paulowna 21.3 Schagen from Hoorn 35.2 Heerhugowaard 40.2 Alkmaar Noord 42.1 Alkmaar 48.0 Heiloo 53.9 Castricum 57.7 Uitgeest to Haarlem   62.3 Krommenie-Assendelft 65.1 Wormerveer 67.7 Koog-Zaandijk 68.8 Koog Bloemwijk Line from Enkhuizen 71.2 Zaandam North Sea Canal Line from Haarlem Amsterdam Sloterdijk (Hemboog) 78.9 Amsterdam Sloterdijk Line to Schiphol 83.3 Amsterdam Centraal Lines to Utrecht and Amersfoort

The Den Helder–Amsterdam railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Den Helder to Amsterdam, passing through Alkmaar and Zaandam. It is also called the Staatslijn K ("state line K") in Dutch. The line is 81 km long.

The following stations are on Staatslijn K:

• Den Helder
• Den Helder Zuid
• Anna Paulowna
• Schagen
• Heerhugowaard
• Alkmaar Noord
• Alkmaar
• Heiloo
• Castricum
• Uitgeest
• Krommenie-Assendelft
• Wormerveer
• Koog-Zaandijk
• Koog Bloemwijk
• Zaandam
• Amsterdam Sloterdijk
• Amsterdam Centraal

History

The line began construction on 18 August 1860 and on 18 December 1865 the first section opened.

The sections were opened on:

• 18 December 1865 - Den Helder - Alkmaar
• 1 May 1867 - Alkmaar - Uitgeest
• 1 November 1869 - Uitgeest - Zaandam
• 15 May 1878 - Zaandam - Amsterdam Willemspoort
• 15 October 1878 - Amsterdam Willemspoort - Amsterdam Oosterdok

The line between Alkmaar and Amsterdam was electrified in 1931 and between Den Helder and Alkmaar in 1958.

The following stations were opened at the same time as the sections of the line were opened:

• Den Helder
• Anna Paulowna
• Schagen
• Noord Scharwoude
• Heerhugowaard
• Alkmaar
• Castricum
• Uitgeest
• Krommenie-Assendelft
• Wormerveer
• Koog-Zaandijk
• Zaandam
• Amsterdam Westerdok