The Hague Centraal train station

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The Hague Centraal
Main entrance to the station (2017)
Main entrance to the station (2017)
Data
Location in the network Terminus
Design Terminus
Platform tracks 12
abbreviation Gvc
IBNR 8400282
opening May 1, 1870
Website URL NS info page
Architectural data
architect Benthem Crouwel
location
City / municipality The hague
province South Holland
Country Netherlands
Coordinates 52 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  N , 4 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 51 ″  N , 4 ° 19 ′ 25 ″  E
Railway lines
List of train stations in the Netherlands
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Den Haag Centraal is the main train station of the Dutch city ​​of The Hague .

history

The historic reception building from the 19th century was demolished in the early 1970s and replaced by a modern building in the style of concrete brutalism . This new station was put into operation in 1973. As a waiting room for the Queen of the Netherlands , the historic station contained a princely room , which was moved to the Dutch Railway Museum in Utrecht before the station was demolished.

meaning

Den Haag Centraal is the largest terminal station in the Netherlands and has twelve tracks. It is one of the most important train stations on the Dutch rail network. The station is currently being rebuilt and modernized. This construction project is called Den Haag Nieuw Centraal (The Hague New Central Station).

Operation and traffic

Station concourse
Central station for trains and trams

Route connections

In the 2020 annual timetable , the following lines serve Den Haag Centraal station:

Train type Line course frequency
Intercity The Hague Centraal  - Schiphol Airport  - Amsterdam Zuid  - Almere Centrum  - Lelystad Centrum  - Zwolle  - Groningen hourly
Intercity The Hague Centraal  - The Hague HS  - Delft  - Rotterdam Centraal  - Breda  - Tilburg  - Eindhoven Centraal every half hour
Intercity The Hague Centraal  - Gouda  - Utrecht Centraal  - Amersfoort Centraal  - Deventer  - Hengelo  - Enschede hourly
Intercity Den Haag Centraal  - Schiphol Airport  - Amsterdam Zuid  - Almere Centrum  - Lelystad Centrum  - Zwolle  - Meppel  - Leeuwarden hourly
Intercity The Hague Centraal  - Gouda  - Utrecht Centraal  (- Amersfoort Centraal ) every half hour (does not run after 9 p.m. and does not go to Amersfoort on weekends)
Intercity Amsterdam Centraal  - Haarlem  - Leiden Centraal  - The Hague Centraal every half hour (does not run after 10 p.m.)
Intercity Amersfoort Schothorst  - Amersfoort Centraal  - Utrecht Centraal  - Gouda  - Den Haag Centraal hourly
sprinter The Hague Centraal  - Leiden Centraal  - Schiphol Airport  - Amsterdam Sloterdijk  - Amsterdam Centraal every half hour
sprinter The Hague Centraal  - The Hague HS  - Delft  - Rotterdam Centraal  - Dordrecht every half hour (does not run after 8 p.m. and on weekends)
sprinter The Hague Centraal  - The Hague HS  - Delft  - Rotterdam Centraal  - Dordrecht every half hour
sprinter ( Den Haag Centraal  -) Leiden Centraal  - Heemstede-Aerdenhout  - Haarlem every half hour (runs after 8 p.m. and does not run between Den Haag Centraal and Leiden Centraal on weekends)
sprinter The Hague Centraal  - Gouda  - Gouda Goverwelle every half hour (does not run in the evening and on weekends)
sprinter The Hague Centraal  - Gouda  - Utrecht Centraal  - Geldermalsen  - 's-Hertogenbosch every half hour

Local traffic connection

There is a large platform above the railroad tracks, with the bus station and the stop of the city tram . Another tram stop is on the side of the train station. The station is also connected to the RandstadRail (a kind of light rail ). This stops at platforms 11 and 12. In the future, it is to have its own underground stop.

Randstad rail line Line course
RR 2 Kraayenstein - Leidschendam Leidsenhage
RR 3 Arnold Spoelplein - Centrum-West
RR 4 De Uithof - Javalaan
RR E Den Haag Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal - Slinge (subway)

Worth knowing

In addition to its main station, The Hague has a second long-distance train station, Den Haag HS .

Web links

Commons : Den Haag Centraal Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Deiss: Vane Cathedral and Sugar Beet Station. A short story about 200 European train stations . Bonn 2010, p. 28.