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26-671: The oldest station in The Hague is Den Haag Hollands Spoor , opened in 1843 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij when the railway between Amsterdam and Leiden was extended to The Hague and Rotterdam . This station was located at some distance from the city centre, just across what was then the municipal boundary of Rijswijk . In 1870, the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS) opened

52-405: A location closer to the city centre so that government buildings would be more accessible. Moreover, the buildings around Hollands Spoor provided little space for expansion of tracks and platforms in the future. It was therefore decided that a new station would be built next to Staatsspoor. With plans for an extension of the railway to Scheveningen definitively cancelled, this new station would become

78-478: A major nodal hub for the tram network run by HTM Personenvervoer . The railway station features two separate sets of platforms. These are two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, located above and lying perpendicular to the heavy rail tracks, serving lines 2, 3, 4, and 6. Regular lines 2 and 6 use the inner tracks, while the RandstadRail lines 3 and 4 use the outer tracks. They connect directly to

104-411: A normal weekday (07:00 - 20:00). Sprinter services call at every station along the way whilst Intercity trains only stop at the major stations. There are 6 trains an hour (each way) connecting Den Haag Centraal with Rotterdam Centraal, 6 trains an hour connecting it with Utrecht and 4 with Amsterdam. (Continues as 14600 to Almere - Lelystad - Zwolle) Den Haag Centraal is a public transport hub and

130-468: A renovation of its main hall was started in 2011. The roof was replaced by one which is higher, and made of diamond-shaped glass plates placed in a framework of stainless steel. Moreover, more commercial space was added next to both side entrances, and new tiling was placed. The new main hall was opened by State Secretary Sharon Dijksma and mayor Jozias van Aartsen on 1 February 2016. There are 22 scheduled trains per hour that leave Den Haag Centraal on

156-547: A second station in The Hague closer to the city centre. This station, Den Haag Rijnspoor, would service eastbound trains to Gouda and Utrecht . When the NRS was nationalised in 1890, this Gouda–Den Haag railway became the property of the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen , and the station was renamed Den Haag Staatsspoor. Den Haag Staatsspoor was a small building designed by A.W. van Erkel situated parallel to

182-594: Is a Dutch politician serving as Mayor of Utrecht since 2020. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was previously a State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science from 2007 to 2010, at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 2012 to 2015 and at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment from 2015 to 2017, as well as an alderwoman of Amsterdam from 2018 until 2020. Dijksma

208-503: Is a bus platform above the rail roads, which is connected to the Prins Bernhardviaduct running over the tracks. The platform is accessible from the station's main hall. Several city and regional lines of three different carriers stop here. HTM's bus lines starting with an N are night buses and only run on Fridays and Saturdays. Den Haag HS railway station Den Haag HS (English: The Hague HS), an abbreviation of

234-425: 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. International services: Den Haag Hollands Spoor also includes a bus station. Several HTM bus lines stop here. Sharon Dijksma Sharon Alida Maria Dijksma (born 16 April 1971)

260-475: Is the only city in the Netherlands retaining two separate major railway hubs, although since its opening Amsterdam Zuid station has been growing in importance as a second major railway hub for Amsterdam, alternative to Amsterdam Centraal station. By the 2010s, the number of travellers per day had grown to 190,000, and Den Haag Centraal had outgrown its capacity. In order to increase the station's capacity,

286-472: The Dutch monarchy . 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. In 1962, David Jokinen saw an opportunity to put an end to the situation between the two. The plan was not implemented. Despite

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312-512: The Rotterdam Metro and terminates at Slinge station . Until August 2016, these services used platforms 11 and 12 of the mainline station, alongside the heavy rail tracks. Since then, two dedicated elevated platforms have come into use. Here, metro trains use the high-level side platforms; the low-level island platform is used by RandstadRail trams in case of emergency, when the connecting tracks via Beatrixkwartier cannot be used. There

338-541: The city centre tunnel to the west and the elevated tracks to Ternoot and Beatrixkwartier to the east. These are two ground-level side platforms and one island platform between them, located parallel to the heavy rail tracks outside the south-western entrance. All other city tram lines that call at the station use these platforms. The Rotterdam-based RET operates RandstadRail line E , a high-capacity metro service via Leidschenveen and Pijnacker to Rotterdam Centraal station . From there it shares track with line D of

364-841: The Young Socialists. From 1992 to 1994 she was chairwoman of the Young Socialists ( Jonge Socialisten ). When, on 16 May 1994, Dijksma became an MP, her age was 23 and she was the youngest MP ever in Dutch parliamentarian history. From 1994 to 2007, she was a member of the House of Representatives . Dijksma was the State secretary for Education, Culture and Science in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet from 2007 to 2010. From 3 November 2015 until 26 October 2017 Dijksma

390-446: The city's central railway station. The demolition of the railway to Staatsspoor, meanwhile, would make space for an urban motorway and a monorail line. However, the plan was never realised. In the 1960s, Nederlandse Spoorwegen planned for The Hague to get a central railway station. While it initially intended to rebuild Hollands Spoor into a central railway station, The municipality of The Hague resisted this plan because it preferred

416-460: 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 . The current station building is one of three in the Netherlands with an active royal waiting room reserved for

442-551: The original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor ( The Hague Holland Rail ), is the oldest train station in The Hague , South Holland , Netherlands , located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway . It is the second main station in The Hague and, unlike The Hague Central Station , it is not a terminus station. The name of the station is derived from the former Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM) which

468-615: The plan not being implemented, Staatsspoor 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 ) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and Eastern and North-Eastern directions (also by Leiden / Amsterdam Airport Schiphol /Amsterdam) usually stop at Centraal Station. Several trains in southern direction serve both stations. The station

494-399: The railway, with the entrance facing sideways toward the city centre. This was designed to facilitate an extension of the railway to Scheveningen , which was constructed in 1907 but closed again in 1953. Staatsspoor was connected to Hollands Spoor and the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway for passengers in the late 19th century, but that connection, too, was later discontinued. The building

520-460: The terminal station of the Gouda–Den Haag railway. Construction started in 1970, and on 27 September 1973, the construction had advanced enough to allow for the opening a number of platforms. Trains previously headed for Staatsspoor were transferred to Centraal Station, and the now-redundant Staatsspoor was demolished in the same year. At the time of the building's demolition, its royal waiting room

546-544: Was also completed in 1975, while a chord to connect it to Den Haag Hollands Spoor and the railway to Rotterdam was completed the following year. This ensured that trains coming from north, east and south could all reach Den Haag Centraal . Although Centraal station is the largest station in The Hague, it is served only by terminating trains; Intercity and international trains travelling between Amsterdam and Rotterdam stop only at Hollands Spoor station, while trains from Utrecht and Gouda can only reach Centraal station. The Hague

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572-517: Was dismantled and stored; it was put on display in the Railway Museum (Netherlands) in Utrecht in the early 2000s. The bus platform was opened in 1975, and construction of Centraal Station finalised in 1976 with the opening of its tram station. The train station was officially opened on 28 May of that year. A chord to connect the station to Den Haag Laan van NOI and the railway to Amsterdam

598-503: Was notable for containing a royal waiting room for use by the Dutch monarchy . In 1962, urban designer David Jokinen saw an opportunity to put an end to the situation with two main stations where Staatsspoor and Hollands Spoor each served only part of the rail traffic. The Jokinen Plan included demolishing the Staatsspoor station entirely. The railway from Utrecht and Gouda would terminate at Hollands Spoor, which would then become

624-937: Was the President of the Environment Council of the European Union who, together with the Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič , signed the Paris Agreement on behalf of Europe in New York on 21 April 2016. Dijksma studied law at the University of Groningen and public administration at the University of Twente but did not finish her studies. In 1991 Dijksma became secretary general of

650-458: Was the State secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment succeeding to Wilma Mansveld who resigned from the position; from 18 December 2012 to 3 November 2015 she was the State secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs , dealing with agriculture, nature, food quality, tourism, and postal affairs. Therefore, Dijksma was allowed to use the ministerial title "Minister for Agriculture" while on foreign business. Before that she

676-466: Was the first Dutch railway company. 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

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