Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station

Den Haag Hollands Spoor
Station statistics
Coordinates
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.

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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.

Train services

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

Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station
Intercity 9200
Terminus
NS Intercity 600
NS Nachtnet 1400
Terminus
NS Intercity 1900
toward Venlo
toward Vlissingen
NS Intercity 2100
toward Dordrecht
NS Intercity 2200
Terminus
NS Sprinter 5000
toward Breda
Terminus
NS Stoptrein 5100
toward Roosendaal

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External links

Dutch Rijksmonument 407956