On 18 December 1843, when the railway line from Amsterdam to Utrecht was completed, the Abcoude railway station was first opened. In the original timetable, only 2 trains a day, in each direction stopped at Abcoude. The Abcoude station, therefore, was only provided with a rather meagre shelter. In 1871, however, at the urging of the Supervisory Board of the National Railway Service, a complete station building was opened. The station itself operated from the ground floor and upstairs three worker’s houses were created for the station chief, the station guard and the guard for the bridge. The station also had a buffet for a short while, but it was closed because of the disappointing volume of business it had. In 1977 the railway line was re-sited and a new station Abcoude was built and the old station building no longer had a function.

A stay at De Witte Dame offers everything you could wish for. The beautifully renovated station building is characterised by peace, luxury and comfort, and right outside there is lots to do and see nearby. De Witte Dame has ten uniquely decorated, spacious rooms, all with a kitchenette, bathroom and toilet. At the moment, we are working hard on the construction of detached, luxurious small dyke cottages which we will start using in 2017 as ‘detached villa rooms’.

The Witte Dame also has a practical and tastefully decorated room which can accommodate groups of up to 20 people, an ideal venue near Amsterdam for meetings, brainstorming sessions or training courses. On these occasions we would also be very happy to serve lunch or dinner from our kitchen.