Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station

Den Haag Hollands Spoor
Station statistics
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
Lines	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	6
Other information
Opened	1843
Code	Gv
Owned by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Location

The Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station, also known as Den Haag HS, is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. The railway station was named after the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij, the company that operated the railway station.

Rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a second main railway station in The Hague in 1870, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, for the railway line to Gouda and Utrecht. This railway 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) stop at Hollands Spoor, not at Centraal Station.

The original railway building of 1843 was replaced by the current building designed by D.A.N. Margadant in 1891. A Royal Waiting Room was opened in 1893.

Destinations

From Den Haag Hollands Spoor you can get trains to many destinations in the south and west of the Netherlands, but for the north of the Netherlands, a change of trains may be needed.

Destinations include:

Rotterdam, Leiden, Haarlem, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Dordrecht, Roosendaal, Flushing, Antwerp, Brussels, Breda, Tilburg, Eindhoven and Venlo.

• For Gouda, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Zwolle and Groningen travel to Den Haag Centraal and change there.
• For Alkmaar and Hoorn travel to Den Haag Laan van NOI or Leiden Centraal and change there, during the week. At weekends travel to Haarlem and change there.
• For Hilversum, Almere and Lelystad travel to Schiphol or Amsterdam Centraal and change there.

Train services

The following services call at Den Haag Hollands Spoor (Den Haag HS):

• 1x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Brussels
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) service Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 2x per hour intercity service The Hague - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
• 2x per hour intercity service Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal

Preceding station		Nederlandse Spoorwegen		Following station
Rotterdam Centraal toward Brussels-South		Intercity 9200		Schiphol toward Amsterdam Centraal
Delft toward Rotterdam Centraal		NS Nachtnet 1400		Leiden Centraal toward Utrecht Centraal
Den Haag Centraal Terminus		NS Intercity 1900		Delft toward Venlo
Rotterdam Centraal toward Vlissingen		NS Intercity 2100		Leiden Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Delft toward Breda		NS Sneltrein 2200		Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Amsterdam Centraal
Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Leiden Centraal		NS Stoptrein 5000		Den Haag Moerwijk toward Dordrecht
Den Haag Centraal Terminus		NS Stoptrein 5100		Den Haag Moerwijk toward Roosendaal

Gallery

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  Platforms.

External links

• The history of the railway station
• 360/360 Panorama picture of the square in front of the railway station

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