Den Haag Centraal railway station

Den Haag Centraal
Location	Koningin Julianaplein 10 2595 AA The Hague Netherlands
Coordinates	52°4′54″N 4°19′45″E / 52.08167°N 4.32917°E / 52.08167; 4.32917Coordinates: 52°4′54″N 4°19′45″E / 52.08167°N 4.32917°E / 52.08167; 4.32917
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Gouda–Den Haag railway
Platforms	10
Other information
Station code	Gvc
History
Opened	1973
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Terminus NS Intercity 700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 1800 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 600 to/from Leeuwarden at Zwolle Leiden Centraal toward Groningen NS Intercity 1100 2x/hour; Until April 2017. Transfer to Intercity 11100 to/from Eindhoven at Breda Den Haag Hollands Spoor toward Breda NS Intercity 1100 2x/hour; From April 2017 Den Haag Hollands Spoor toward Eindhoven NS Intercity 1700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 11700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort. Transfer to Intercity 11600 to/from Amersfoort Schothorst at Amersfoort Gouda toward Enschede NS Intercity 1800 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Zwolle. Transfer to Intercity 500 to/from Groningen at Zwolle Leiden Centraal toward Leeuwarden NS Intercity 2000 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Gouda toward Utrecht Centraal NS Intercity 2100 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Leiden Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Intercity 11700 1x/hour; Combined half-hourly service with Intercity 1700 on section Den Haag Centraal-Amersfoort. Transfer to Intercity 1600 to/from Enschede at Amersfoort Gouda toward Amersfoort Schothorst NS Sprinter 4600 2x/hour Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Zwolle NS Sprinter 5000 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Den Haag Hollands Spoor toward Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 2x/hour NS Sprinter 6300 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Den Haag Laan van NOI toward Haarlem NS Sprinter 6800 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Voorburg toward Gouda Goverwelle NS Sprinter 7800 2x/hour; Continues/arrives as Sprinter 6900 to/from 's-Hertogenbosch at Utrecht Centraal Voorburg toward Utrecht Centraal
Location

Den Haag Centraal (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛn ˌɦaːx sɛnˈtraːl]; In English: The Hague Central) (IATA: ZYH) is the largest railway station in the Dutch city of The Hague and, with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The station was completed in 1973, next to the older station Den Haag Staatsspoor, which was then demolished. It is the western terminus of the Gouda–Den Haag railway.

The oldest station in The Hague is Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland's Rail) on the main line from Amsterdam to Rotterdam, opened in 1843 by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (Holland's Iron Railroad Company). This station was built at some distance from the city centre.

In 1870, the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (Dutch Rhine-railroad Company) opened a second station in The Hague, Den Haag Rijnspoor (The Hague Rhine Rail) for trains to Gouda and Utrecht. This station was built much closer to the city centre. From 1888 this railroad was the property of the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (State Railway Operation Company); the station was renamed Den Haag Staatsspoor ("The Hague State Rail").