Den Haag HS railway station

Den Haag Hollands Spoor
Location	Stationsplein 41 2515 BV The Hague Netherlands
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
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	6
Connections	HTM Den Haag Tram: 1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 HTM: 18
Other information
Station code	Gv
History
Opened	6 December 1843
Services
Preceding station   NS International   Following station Schiphol Airport toward Amsterdam Centraal NS International 9200 1x/hour Rotterdam Centraal toward Brussels-South Nederlandse Spoorwegen Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 1100 2x/hour; Until April 2017. Transfer to Intercity 11100 to/from Eindhoven at Breda Delft toward Breda NS Intercity 1100 2x/hour; From April 2017 Delft toward Eindhoven Delft toward Rotterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400 1x/hour; Nighttrain Intercity service Leiden Centraal toward Utrecht Centraal Delft toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2200 2x/hour Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Amsterdam Centraal Delft toward Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and Sundays Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 2400 2x/hour; Evenings until +/- 10:00pm and Sundays from +/- 10:30am until +/- 10:00pm Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Duivendrecht Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Den Haag Moerwijk toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour
Location

Den Haag HS (The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland's Rail), 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 which 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: Central Station and HS.
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/Schiphol airport/Amsterdam) usually stop at the Central Station. Several trains in Southern direction serve both stations.

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.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

View of platforms inside the station

• 1x per hour International services (Intercity) Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) services Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour Intercity services The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda - Eindhoven - Venlo
• 2x per hour Local services (Sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Breda
• 2x per hour Local services (Sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal

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.

Tram stop in front of Hollands Spoor

Bus services

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

An HTMbuzz bus

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Station Den Haag Hollands Spoor.

Dutch Rijksmonument 407956

• Hollands Spoor on the NS website
• 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