Transport in Hoofddorp.

Hoofddorp station lies on the east side of town, beside the Beukenhorst office district. It is served by the Schiphol Line, the railway that connects Amsterdam with Leiden and The Hague via the airport. The current station opened on 31 May 1981 and was rebuilt in 1998. NS Sprinter trains call several times an hour towards Schiphol and Amsterdam and towards Leiden; Schiphol is the next stop. Always check the NS journey planner for current services.

The station also hosts a large bus interchange functioning as a regional hub: town and regional buses and R-net lines all meet here, including the Zuidtangent (line 300), which since 2002 has linked Haarlem, Hoofddorp, Schiphol and Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Combined with the large bike parking facility, the station area is one of the busiest mobility nodes in the region.

The drained-polder grid makes Hoofddorp a pronounced cycling town. Streets run dead-straight, parks and canals carry segregated cycle paths, and there are virtually no inclines. A bike ride across the entire length or breadth of town typically takes fifteen to twenty minutes.

Beyond the urban edge stretches an extensive network of polder cycle routes: along the Ringdijk around the Haarlemmermeer, the Geniedijk of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, and through woodland, canals and farmland. Many routes are part of the Dutch “knooppunten” numbered network and link Hoofddorp with Vijfhuizen, Cruquius, Aalsmeer, Lisse and the bulb-growing region. Dedicated high-speed cycle routes serve commuters to Schiphol and Beukenhorst.