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Den Haag HS
General information
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; 4.32167
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; 181 years ago (1843-12-06)
Services Preceding station European Sleeper Following station Rotterdam CentraalOne-way operation Brussels - Prague Schiphol Airporttowards Praha hl.n. Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Delfttowards Eindhoven Centraal NS Intercity 1100 Den Haag CentraalTerminus Delfttowards Rotterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400Night train Leiden Centraaltowards Utrecht Centraal Delfttowards Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 Den Haag Laan van NOItowards Amsterdam Centraal NS Intercity 2300 Delfttowards Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 Den Haag Laan van NOItowards Lelystad Centrum Delfttowards Rotterdam Centraal NS Intercity 3200 Den Haag Laan van NOItowards Arnhem Centraal Delfttowards Dordrecht NS Intercity 3700 Den Haag Laan van NOItowards Venlo Den Haag Moerwijktowards Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5000 Den Haag CentraalTerminus NS Sprinter 5100
Location Den Haag HSLocation within Southwest RandstadShow map of Southwest RandstadDen Haag HSDen Haag HS (Netherlands)Show map of Netherlands

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. It is the second main station in The Hague and, unlike The Hague Central Station, it is not a terminus station. The name of the station is derived from the former Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM) which was the first Dutch railway company.

History

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. The original building, which was designed by Frederik Willem Conrad, was demolished in 1891 to make way for a Neo-Renaissance building designed by Dirk Margadant. The current station building is one of three in the Netherlands with an active royal waiting room reserved for the Dutch monarchy.

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. 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

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 - Breda - Eindhoven
• 4x per hour Local services (Sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht

Tram services

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.

International services:

Bus services

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

References

1. ^ Hoogland, Joyce (27 August 2017). "Waarom zijn er in Den Haag twee grote treinstations?". indebuurt Den Haag (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 June 2018.
2. "station Den Haag HS", Stationsweb (in Dutch), retrieved 26 June 2018
3. "stationsgebouw II Den Haag HS", Stationsweb (in Dutch), retrieved 26 June 2018
4. "Caring for National and Cultural Railway Heritage". Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

External links

• Hollands Spoor on the NS website Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
• 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

• Railway stations in The Hague
• Railway stations on the Oude Lijn
• Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1843
• Rijksmonuments in The Hague
• Renaissance Revival architecture in the Netherlands