Houten Castellum is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands, which opened at 8 January 2001 and it is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway . Originally it was the southernmost point of the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line. This temporary service closed at 14 December 2008. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. During this time the service was operated by a tram from Hannover on loan to Nederlandse Spoorwegen, operated by HTM. After closure of the tram line due to construction of a new station and expanding of the railway to 4 tracks, the tram service was replaced by a bus service. The new station opened at 12 December 2010 and bus service ceased. All local trains call at Houten Castellum at the center platform along the inner tracks, while Intercity services and cargo trains use the outer tracks.

Houten Castellum
General information
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°01′05″N 5°10′44″E
Line(s)	Utrecht–Boxtel railway
History
Opened	8 January 2001 (old), 12 December 2010 (new)
Closed	2008 (old)
Services
Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Houten towards Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 6000 Culemborg towards Tiel NS Sprinter 16000 Continues at/arrives at 's-Hertogenbosch as Sprinter 13600 to/from Breda Culemborg towards 's-Hertogenbosch
Location
Houten Castellum Location within Northeastern Randstad

Train services

Bus services

Gallery

• 
  The station in 2006
• 
  Last tram service in 2008
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  Tram at Houten Castellum
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  The station as seen from the surrounding shopping centre
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  The platform in direction Utrecht Centraal railway station in 2012

External links

• NS website (in Dutch)
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner (in Dutch)