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| Above: YouTubeCA video – Rotterdam Tram | 2019 | RET | Netherlands – Length: 24:29 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video – RandstadRail rijdt in Den Haag: RandstadRail tram in the Hague, Netherlands. – Length: 6:21 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video – Rotterdam Metro | 2019 | RET R-net RandstadRail | Light rail | Netherlands – Length: 42:13 mins. |
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MAPS
The RandstadRail Light Rapid Rail system, joining The Hague, Rotterdam and nearby smaller municipalties, is shown on a separate map in its entirety.
INSET: CENTRAL ROTTERDAM
THE RANSTADRAIL SYSTEM
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: RET
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | De Esch – Woudestein – Oostplein – Beurs – Stadhuis – Rotterdam Centraal – Middellandstraat – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Holy |
| 2 | Charlois – Maashaven – Randweg – Station Lombardijen – Keizerswaard |
| 3 | Beverwaard – Keizerswaard – Stadion Feijenoord – Laan op Zuid – Erasmusbrug – Leuvehaven – Beurs – Stadhuis – Rotterdam Centraal |
| 4 | Heemraadsplein – Nieuwe Binnenweg – Rotterdam Centraal – Bergweg – Station Noord – Straatweg – Molenlaan |
| 5 | Carnisselande – Zuidwijk – Vreewijk – Randweg – Laan op Zuid – Erasmusbrug – Leuvehaven – Beurs – Lijnbaan – Rotterdam Centraal |
| 6 | Heemraadsplein – Nieuwe Binnenweg – Rotterdam Centraal – Bergweg – Station Noord – Kleiweg |
| 7 | Marconiplein – Middellandstraat – Rotterdam Centraal – Crooswijk – Kralingen – Woudestein |
| 8 | Spangen – Marconiplein – Delfshaven – Westzeedijk – Eendrachtsweg – Rotterdam Centraal – Schiekade – Bergpolder – Melanchtonweg – Schiebroek |
| 11 | De Esch – Woudestein – Oostplein – Beurs – Stadhuis – Rotterdam Centraal – Middellandstraat – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Woudhoek |
METRO AND LRT ROUTES
| A | Binnenhof – Station Alexander – Schenkel – Capelsebrug – Oostplein – Beurs – Delfshaven – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Vlaardingen West [Sneltram (Fast Tram) between Binnenhof & Capelsebrug] |
| B | Nesselande – Station Alexander – Schenkel – Capelsebrug – Oostplein – Beurs – Delfshaven – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Vlaardingen West – Hoek van Holland Strand [Sneltram (Fast Tram) between Nesselande & Capelsebrug] |
| C | De Terp – Capelsebrug – Oostplein – Beurs – Delfshaven – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Pernis – Tussenwater – De Akkers |
| D | Rotterdam Centraal – Beurs – Leuvehaven – Maashaven – Slinge – Tussenwater – De Akkers |
| E | Den Haag Rotterdam Centraal – Station Laan van NOI – Leidschenveen – Pijnacker – Berkel en Rodenrijs – Rotterdam Rotterdam Centraal Beurs – Leuvehaven – Maashaven – Slinge [Between Den Haag Rotterdam Centraal – Rotterdam Rotterdam Centraal is the LRT line formerly known as the Erasmuslijn, between Rotterdam Rotterdam Centraal – Slinge it runs in the metro tunnel] |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: 193 km.
- Metro: 102 km. (incl. 8.4 km of Sneltram (Fast Tram))
- LRT lines (shared with The Hague): 68 km.
HISTORY
- Trams: (horse-drawn) 1 June 1879 - 1917; (steam) 9 Apr. 1881 - ?; (electric) 18 Sept. 1905 - today.
- Interurban LRT: 29 Oct. 2006 - today.
- Vicinal tramways (RTM; steam, later diesel or diesel-electric): 2 May 1898 - 14 Feb. 1966.
- Metro: 9 Feb. 1968 - today.
GAUGE
- Trams: 1435 mm. (Schiedam horse-tram line, 1902-1917: 1000 mm.)
- Interurban LRT: 1435 mm.
- Vicinal tramways: 1067 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Stichting RoMeO exhibits old trams from the city.
The Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp operates old steam and diesel trams of the RTM vicinal network.
SOURCES
- Koenot, L. Tram 2000 - Flash 1998. Bruxelles: Tram 2000, 1998.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.78: Rotterdam, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2014 (77: 915), p.123-127.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.153: Rotterdam, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2020 (83: 991), p.274-278.
- "Systems Factfile No.20: Rotterdam, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2009 (72: 857), p.178-181.
- Vreedenberg, H.A. "Enemy occupation and tramways in the Netherlands", The Modern Tramway, Apr. 1946 (9: 97), p.29-31, 36, 38.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Blue Tram: Top notch LRT shouldn't have been axed", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2008 (71: 843), p.100-104.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "RanDstadRail: The tram-train-metro compromise", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2006 (69: 826), p.380-384.
WIKIS
- Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij
- RandstadRail
- Rotterdam Metro
- Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij
- RET (Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET))
- Rotterdamse Museumtrams
- Rotterdamse Tram
WEB SITES
Thanks to Dick van Efferen (from Rotterdam) for the extensive amount of information he kindly sent me, including large map files, and to Peter Zondag (from Utrecht) for information obtained through personal communication.
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