Den Haag HS railway station


Den Haag HS, an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor, is the oldest train station in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway.

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.
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. 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 tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and Eastern and North-Eastern directions usually stop at Centraal Station. Several trains in southern direction serve both stations.

Train services

The station is served by the following 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.
PlatformLineDestinationVia
A 1 Delft TanthofLaakkwartier, Rijswijk, Hoornbrug, Broekpolder, Spoorzone Delft, Delft Station, De Hoven Passage
A 11 Scheveningen HavenSchilderswijk, Haagse Markt, Transvaalkwartier, Regentessekwartier, Statenkwartier
A 12 Den Haag DuindorpSchilderswijk, Haagse Markt, Transvaalkwartier, Valkenboskwartier, Bomenbuurt, Segbroek, Vogelwijk
A 16 WateringenLaakkwartier, Spoorwijk, Station Moerwijk, Moerwijk, Winkelcentrum Leyweg, Morgenstond, Hoge Veld, Wateringse Veld
B 9 VrederustZuiderpark, Moerwijk, Winkelcentrum Leyweg, Morgenstond
B 17 WateringenLaakkwartier, Spoorwijk, Plaspoelpolder, Rijswijk Station, In de Bogaard, Eikelenburg, Wateringse Veld
C 1 Scheveningen NoordBierkade, Stadhuis, Kneuterdijk, Plein 1813, Javastraat, Vredespaleis, Kurhaus
C 11 Rijswijkseplein
C 12 Rijswijkseplein
C 16 Den Haag StatenkwartierBierkade, Kalvermarkt-Stadhuis, Centraal Station, Korte Voorhout, Buitenhof, Zeeheldenkwartier, Gemeentemuseum/Museon
D 9 Scheveningen NoordBierkade, Kalvermarkt-Stadhuis, Centraal Station, Malieveld, Koninginnegracht, Madurodam, Westbroekpark, Circustheater, Kurhaus
D 17 Den HaagStation CentraalRijswijkseplein

Bus services

Den Haag Hollands Spoor also includes a bus station. Several HTM bus lines stop here.
PlatformLineDestinationVia
F 18 ClingendaelStationsbuurt, Centraal Station, Malieveld, Benoordenhout
G 18 Rijswijk De SchilpLaak, Rijswijk Station, In de Bogaard, Steenvoorde
H 26 Voorburg StationBinckhorst
H N5 Rijswijk/Ypenburg/LeidschenveenJonckbloetplein, Nootdorp, Station Ypenburg, Rotonde Houtkade, Centraal Station
I 26 KijkduinMegastores, Laakkwartier, Station Moerwijk, Zuiderpark, Leyenburg, Loosduinen, Ockenburg
I N1 Centrum
I N4 Centrum