Den Haag Centraal railway station
railway station in The Hague, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
railway station in The Hague, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Den Haag Centraal (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛn ˌɦaːx sɛnˈtraːl]; English: "The Hague Central") is the largest railway station in the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The railway station opened in 1973, next to the old station, Den Haag Staatsspoor, which was demolished. It is the western terminus of the Gouda–Den Haag railway.
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Location | Koningin Julianaplein 10 The Hague, South Holland Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°4′54″N 4°19′45″E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Nederlandse Spoorwegen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Gouda–Den Haag railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Gvc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 28 May 1976[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 some distance from the city centre, just across what was then the municipal boundary of Rijswijk. In 1870, the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS) opened 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.
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