Den Haag HS (English: The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (''The Hague Holland Rail''), is the oldest

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, South Holland,

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, located on the

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History

Station Hollands Spoor te ’s Gravenhage, 1843

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

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in 1847. At the time, the area was a grassland and belonged to the municipality of

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. 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 The Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij () or HSM (''Hollands Iron Railway-Company'') was the first railway company in the Netherlands founded on 8 August 1837 as a private company, starting operation in 1839 with a line between Amsterdam ...

. The original building, which was designed by Frederik Willem Conrad, was demolished in 1891 to make way for a

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building designed by

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. In 1870, the rival company

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opened a second main railway station in The Hague, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, on the newly constructed

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. 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. Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond (

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) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from

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and Eastern and North-Eastern directions (also by

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/ Amsterdam Airport Schiphol/Amsterdam) usually stop at Centraal Station. Several trains in southern direction serve both stations.

Train services

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

The Hague's public transit company,

HTM Personenvervoer HTM Personenvervoer NV (HTM, from the former name Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij) is a public transport company in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam, Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen ...

, 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

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

References

External links

Hollands Spoor on the NS website

Live departures and cancellations in English

Dutch Public Transport journey planner
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Den Haag Hollands Spoor Railway Station Hollands Spoor Railway stations on the Oude Lijn Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1843 Rijksmonuments in The Hague