HTM PersonenvervoerHTM, officially HTM Personenvervoer NV, formerly Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij (lit.'The Hague Tramway Company'), is a public transport operator based in The Hague, Netherlands. The company operates tram, light rail, and bus services in The Hague and the surrounding Haaglanden region, including Rijswijk, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen, Pijnacker, and Nootdorp.
Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan areaLocation in the province of South Holland, NetherlandsCoordinates: 52°24′N4°54′E / 52.400°N 4.900°E / 52.400; 4.900CountryNetherlandsProvinceSouth HollandCore citiesRotterdamThe HagueSatellite citiesZoetermeerDelftArea • Total1,130 km (440 sq mi) • Land990 km (380 sq mi) • Water140 km (54 sq mi) 8.01% • Urban440 km (170 sq mi) • Rural550 km (210 sq mi)Highest elevation69 m (226 ft)Lowest elevation−6.76 m (−22.2 ft)Population(2020) • Total2,620,000 • Density2,647/km (6,860/sq mi)GDP • Total€151.225 billion (2021)Websitewww.mrdh.nlThe Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area (Dutch: Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag) is a metropolitan area encompassing the cities of Rotterdam and The Hague as well as 21 other municipalities and is the tenth largest agglomeration in the European Union.
HofpleinlijnThe Hofpleinlijn(Spoorlijn Rotterdam Hofplein - Scheveningen) was one of two railways between the Dutch cities of The Hague and Rotterdam. In 2006 it was converted to metro-like operation as RandstadRail line E. HistoryThe Zuid-Hollandsche Electrische Spoorweg-Maatschappij (ZHESM) company was founded in 1900 to build electric railway lines in the province of South Holland.
Tram-trainA tram-train, also known as a dual-system tram, is an interoperable urban rail transit system in which specially designed vehicles operate as trams on urban street-level networks and as trains on mainline railway tracks, alongside mainline trains. By complying with both light rail and heavy rail technical and safety standards, these vehicles can use existing tram infrastructure as well as railway lines and stations, enabling a single service to operate across both networks.
RotterdamRotterdam ( , UK also ; Dutch:) is the second-largest city in the Netherlands by population and the largest by area (319.4 km). It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the New Meuse inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse at first and now to the Rhine. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte.
The HagueCity and municipality in the NetherlandsCity and municipality in South Holland, NetherlandsThe Hague (Dutch: Den Haag, short for 's-Gravenhage) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands.
ZoetermeerZoetermeer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌzutərˈmeːr] ) is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.05 km2 (14.31 sq mi) of which 2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi) is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2023 this had grown to 126,998, making it the fourth largest population centre in the province of South Holland, after Rotterdam, The Hague and Leiden.
TrainA train (from Old Frenchtrahiner, from Latintrahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often known simply as "engines"), though some are self-propelled, such as multiple units or railcars. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons or carriages. Trains are designed to a certain gauge, or distance between rails.
TramStreet-running rail transitFrom top, left to right: Several Tatra T3s, which, with over 14,000 units, is the most-produced type in history; an Alstom Citadis 100 of the Silesian Interurbans; a historic cable car of the San Francisco cable car system; Zurich tram with multiple-unit train control; a Bombardier CR4000 of Tramlink near West Croydon.A tram, also known as a tramcar, streetcar or trolley is a form of urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks laid on or parallel to public streets, or operate in segregated right-of-ways.
RandstadThe Randstad (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɑntstɑt] ; "Rim City" or "Edge City") is a roughly crescent- or arc-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands, that includes almost half the country's population. With a central-western location, it connects and comprises the Netherlands' four biggest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht), their suburbs, and many towns in between, that all grew and merged into each other.
Rotterdamse Elektrische TramRotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET; English: Rotterdam Electric Tram) is the main public transport operator in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It started in 1905 when they took over the city tram lines from RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij). It currently operates 64 bus lines, 11 tram lines and five metro/light rail lines in Rotterdam and the surrounding municipalities. RET used to employ the national tariff system, like other local transport companies in the Netherlands.
NetherlandsThe Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and three overseas special municipalities. European Netherlands has land borders with Germany to the east and with Belgium to the south, and a coastline to the north and west.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.