Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station
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| Opened | 1843 |
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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 "Oude Lijn", 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.
Rivalling 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 torn down 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 (e.g. to Brussels and Paris) halt at Hollands Spoor, not at Centraal Station.
The original railway building from 1843 was replaced by the current building designed by D.A.N. Margadant in 1891. A Royal Waiting Room was opened in 1893.
[edit] Railway connections halting in Den Haag HS
| Series | Railway connection | Notes |
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| 1900 | Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS - Delft - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Breda - Tilburg - Eindhoven - Helmond - Deurne - Venlo v.v. | Twice per hour |
| 2100 | Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol - Leiden Centraal - Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen v.v. | Twice per hour |
| 2200 | Amsterdam Centraal - Haarlem - Leiden Centraal - Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Breda v.v. | Twice per hour |
| 5000 | Leiden Centraal - Den Haag HS - Delft - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht v.v. | Twice per hour |
| 5100 | Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS - Delft - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Roosendaal v.v. | Twice per hour |
| 9200 | Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol - Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Antwerp Centraal - Mechelen - Brussels-North - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South v.v. | Once per hour |
| 9300 | Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol - Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal - Antwerp Centraal - Brussels-South - Paris Gare du Nord v.v. | Seven times per day |
