Editing Leeuwarden (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Station Leeuwarden, Stationsweg-8250.jpg|thumb|left|[[Leeuwarden railway station]] and bus station in 2018]]
[[Leeuwarden railway station]] (opened on 27 October 1863) is the main railway station of Leeuwarden. It is a terminus station of the [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]] [[Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway|railway line]] from [[Zwolle railway station|Zwolle]]. Regional trains, served by [[Arriva]], operate to [[Groningen railway station|Groningen]] in the east, [[Harlingen railway station|Harlingen]] in the west and [[Stavoren railway station|Stavoren]] in the southwest.<ref>[http://www.ns.nl/actuele-vertrektijden/avt?station=LW Actuele vertrektijden Station Leeuwarden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812080533/http://www.ns.nl/actuele-vertrektijden/avt?station=LW |date=12 August 2016 }} (in Dutch), [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]. Retrieved 19 June 2016.</ref> The other stations in the municipality are [[Leeuwarden Camminghaburen railway station|Leeuwarden Camminghaburen]], and [[Grou-Jirnsum railway station|Grou-Jirnsum]]. A fourth station [[Leeuwarden Werpsterhoeke railway station|Leeuwarden Werpsterhoeke]] was planned to be opened after 2018.<ref>[https://www.prorail.nl/projecten/leeuwarden-werpsterhoek Leeuwarden Werpsterhoeke] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817115336/https://www.prorail.nl/projecten/onderdoorgangen-leeuwarden-werpsterhoeke |date=17 August 2024 }} (in Dutch), [[ProRail]]. Retrieved 19 June 2016.</ref>

Near the train station is the bus station. Arriva runs several city, regional and national buses.<ref>[https://www.arriva.nl/friesland-en-waddeneilanden/reisinformatie/dienstregeling.htm Arriva Dienstregeling Friesland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118064502/https://www.arriva.nl/friesland-en-waddeneilanden/reisinformatie/dienstregeling.htm |date=18 November 2020 }} (in Dutch), [[Arriva]]. Retrieved 8 March 2018.</ref> Route 66 Leeuwarden-[[Holwerd]] connects with the ferry to [[Ameland]], bus route 50 to [[Lauwersoog]] connects with the departures of the ferry to [[Schiermonnikoog]]<ref>[https://www.wpd.nl/en/practical-information/schiermonnikoog/public-transportation/ Wagenborg Passagiersdiensten public transportation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928200951/https://www.wpd.nl/en/practical-information/schiermonnikoog/public-transportation/ |date=28 September 2018 }} Retrieved on 8 March 2018.</ref> and route 350 via the [[Afsluitdijk]] connects to [[Alkmaar]] in [[North Holland]].

The motorway [[A31 motorway (Netherlands)|A31]] passes Leeuwarden and the [[A32 motorway (Netherlands)|A32]] connects Leeuwarden to [[Meppel]]. The [[Van Harinxmakanaal]] is a major canal and connects [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen]] to Leeuwarden.