Utrecht Centraal is the central
railway station for the city of
Utrecht in the
Netherlands. It is the largest and busiest railway station in the Netherlands, with sixteen platforms (of which thirteen are through tracks) and with more than 285,000 passengers per day. With Utrecht being located centrally in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is also the most important railway
hub of the country with more than 900 trains leaving this station per day, making it the largest
junction station in the Netherlands. Therefore, disruptions at the station can easily affect the rest of the country's railway network.