If you are now on the platform of Zoetermeer Station, you mainly smell the perfumes of fellow travelers, the smell of a cup of coffee or a warm sandwich from the adjacent lunchroom. But five years ago it was still different …
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Certainly if you walked near a smoking pole or ash baking tile, you smoke the smell of cigarette smoke, mixed with smoldering filters. Those odor sensations are already five years on October 1, 2025, because on that date in 2020 the smoking ban on platforms came into force. Do you still recognize the smoke columns?
After these photos we go further back in time >
Back in time
Nowadays the entire station is smoke -free, but it used to be normal to smoke not only at the station, but also on the train. You can hardly imagine it anymore, but until 1 January 2004 you could still light your cigarette or cigar in special smoking coupes on the train or in the sprinter. Ashtrays were processed in the handrails or in the table at the window. They were welded closed after the prohibition. Do you still recognize them?
Stations completely smoke -free
Stations have therefore been completely smoke -free for five years. Whether you can smoke outside on Stationsplein depends on the municipality. This is because these squares are often owned by the municipality and not from NS or Prorail.
And do you still raise a cigarette on the platform or in the station? Then you risk a fine of 95 euros. Good to know: Vapen also falls under the smoking ban.