Den Haag HS railway station

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Den Haag HS
Location	Stationsplein 41 2515 BV The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Netherlands
Coordinates	52°4′11″N 4°19′18″E / 52.06972°N 4.32167°E / 52.06972; 4.32167Coordinates: 52°4′11″N 4°19′18″E / 52.06972°N 4.32167°E / 52.06972; 4.32167
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	6
Connections	HTM Den Haag Tram: 1, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 HTM: 22, 26, 27, 29
Other information
Station code	Gv
History
Opened	6 December 1843
show Services Preceding station   NS International   Following station Rotterdam Centraal toward Brussels-South Intercity Direct 9200 4x/day Terminus Nederlandse Spoorwegen Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 1100 2x/hour Delft toward Eindhoven Delft toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400 1x/hour; Nighttrain Intercity service Leiden Centraal toward Utrecht Centraal Delft toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Amsterdam Centraal Delft toward Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and Sundays Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Evenings until +/- 10:00pm and Sundays from +/- 10:30am until +/- 10:00pm Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Lelystad Centrum Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Den Haag Moerwijk toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour
Location
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Den Haag HS (English: The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland Rail), is the oldest train station in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway.

History[]

The original building of Hollands Spoor, designed by .

Hollands Spoor opened on 6 December 1843, after the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway in the country, had been extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. At the time, the area was a grassland and belonged to the municipality of Rijswijk. Lacking the people to manage law enforcement around the station, Rijswijk ceded the land to the municipality of The Hague. The railway station was named Holland Spoor, after the company which operated it, the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij.^[1] The original building, which was designed by , was demolished in 1891 to make way for a Neo-Renaissance building designed by .^[2][3]

In 1870, the rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a second main railway station in The Hague, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, on the newly constructed Gouda–Den Haag railway. A railway connection between the two stations was constructed a year later. In 1962, David Jokinen saw an opportunity to put an end to the situation between the two. The plan was not implemented. Despite the plan not being implemented, Staatsspoor station was demolished in 1973, to make way for the Den Haag Centraal railway station. As a result, The Hague has two main railway stations: Centraal Station and Hollands Spoor.^[1] Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond (Brussels) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and Eastern and North-Eastern directions (also by Leiden/Amsterdam Airport Schiphol/Amsterdam) usually stop at Centraal Station. Several trains in southern direction serve both stations.

Train services[]

View of the platforms inside the station.

The station is served by the following services:

• 4x per day International services (Intercity) The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) services Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour Intercity services Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda - Eindhoven
• 4x per hour Local services (Sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht

Tram services[]

Tram stop in front of Hollands Spoor

The Hague's public transit company, HTM Personenvervoer, operates a public transportation hub in front of the railway station's front entrance. Tram lines 1, 9, 11, 12, 16 and 17 stop here.

Bus services[]

An HTMbuzz bus

Den Haag Hollands Spoor also includes a bus station. Several HTM bus lines stop here.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Station Den Haag Hollands Spoor.

Dutch Rijksmonument 407956

• Hollands Spoor on the NS website
• Live departures and cancellations in English
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner
• (in Dutch) 360/360 Panorama picture of the square in front of the railway station