Den Haag - The Hague 1961

The Hague tram network on the last day of operation of the Hague-Leiden interurban trams (both the GBHTM's I2 line and the NZHVM line).

VIDEOS


Above: YouTube^CA video - Trams in The Hague/Den Haag, Netherlands (March 2019) - Length: 7:48 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Trams in Den Haag - PCC Cars - Length: 5:20 mins.	Above: YouTube^CA video - Trams in Den Haag,Nederland. in the 1980's.(HTM open dag 1986.). - Length: 9:12 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

The Hague 1961 tram map

INSET: THE HAGUE - CENTRE

The Hague 1961 downtown tram map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

DSL	De Savornin Lohmanplein	NPL	Nieuwe Parklaan
GHL	Groot Hertoginnelaan	PG	Prinsessegracht
GRP	Goudenregenplein	PW	Prinsessewal
KK	Koningskade	SHL	Stadhouderslaan
KM	Kalvermarkt	SLN	Station Laan van NOI
LV	Lange Vijverberg	SP	Stuyvesantplein
LWP	Leeghwaterplein	TM	Turfmarkt
MV	Malieveld	VL	Vaillantlaan
ND	Nieuwe Duinweg	VVS	Van der Vennestraat
NH	Nieuwe Haven

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

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Gemengd Bedrijf Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (GBHTM) (predecessor of HTM Personenvervoer NV)

2	Meer en Bos – Laan van Meerdervoort – Mient - Weimarstraat - Prinsessewal - Kerkplein
3	Laan van Poot – Goudenregenplein - Laan van Meerdervoort – Kerkplein - Lange Vijverberg - Koningskade - Staatsspoor
5	Appelstraat – Mient - Weimarstraat - Mauritskade - Koninginnegracht - Prinsessegracht
6	Monnickendamplein – Escamplaan – Paul Krugerplein - Hobbemastraat – Prinsegracht – Kalvermarkt – Bezuidenhoutseweg - Laan van NOI - Stuyvesantplein - Het Kleine Loo - Hofzichtlaan
7	De Savornin Lohmanplein – Laan van Meerdervoort – Groot Hertoginnelaan - Laan van Meerdervoort - Javastraat - Haagsche Bosch - Bezuidenhoutseweg - Laan van NOI - Station Laan van NOI
8	Scheveningen Kurhaus – Scheveningseweg – Alexanderstraat - Kalvermarkt – Spui - Station HS
9	Scheveningen Kurhaus – Nieuwe Parklaan - Koninginnegracht – Lange Vijverberg – Kalvermarkt – Spui - Station HS
10	Prins Mauritslaan – Stadhouderslaan – Waldeck Pyrmontkade - Prinsegracht – Koningstraat – Parallelweg – Station HS – Rijswijkseweg – Stuwstraat - Trekweg
11	Scheveningen-Strand – Van Boetzelaerlaan – Conradkade – De Heemstraat – Parallelweg – Station HS
12	Markenseplein – Goudenregenplein – Laan van Meerdervoort – Beeklaan – Paul Krugerplein - Van der Vennestraat – Vaillantlaan - Parallelweg – Station HS – Rijswijkseplein - Lekstraat – Staatsspoor
14	De Savornin Lohmanplein – Laan van Meerdervoort – Groot Hertoginnelaan - Stadhouderslaan – Nieuwe Duinweg - Nieuwe Parklaan - Scheveningen Kurhaus
16	Moerwijk - Erasmusweg - Hildebrandplein - Goeverneurlaan - Leeghwaterplein - Rijswijkseplein - Spui - Kalvermarkt – Nieuwe Haven
17	Moerwijk - Erasmusweg - Hildebrandplein - Goeverneurlaan - Leeghwaterplein - Rijswijkseplein - Spui - Kalvermarkt – Bezuidenhoutseweg - Laan van NOI - Station Laan van NOI

INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Gemengd Bedrijf Haagsche Tramweg-Maatschappij (GBHTM) (predecessor of HTM Personenvervoer NV)

I1	Turfmarkt – Spui - Rijswijkseweg – Hoornbrug – Rijswijkse - Delft
I2	Turfmarkt – Lange Vijverberg – Haagsche Bosch - Benoordenhoutseweg - Marlot - Wassenaar - Leiden (Haarlemmerstraat)
I3	Turfmarkt – Kalvermarkt – Spui - Rijswijkseweg - Voorburg Station

Operator: Noord-Zuid-Hollandse Vervoer Maatschappij (NZHVM)

HL	Den Haag Malieveld - Voorburg Oosteinde - Leidschendam - Voorschoten - Leiden Station

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Urban trams: 60 km.
Den Haag - Rijswijk - Delft (interurban): 9 km.
Rijswijk - Voorburg Station (interurban): 2 km.
Den Haag - Marlot - Wassenaar - Leiden (interurban): 20 km.
Den Haag - Voorburg - Leiden (interurban): 18 km.

HISTORY

Urban trams: (horse-drawn) 25 June 1864 - 3 March 1907; (steam) 1 July 1879 - 31 Dec. 1925; (battery) 1 Aug. 1890 - 5 Aug. 1904; (electric, from overhead wire) 6 Aug. 1904 - today.
HSM Station HS-Scheveningen Strand (Steam trams): 12 June 1886 - 15 July 1927 (from 1 Jan. 1926, operated by HTM) [electrified, and transferred to the Hague tram network]
WSM lines (Steam trams): 1 May 1883 (branch Poeldijk-'s Gravenzande: from 14 August 1883) - 1 October 1932 (branch Loosduinen-Kijkduin, till 1928)
Den Haag-Rijswijk-Delft Haagpoort (interurban): horse-drawn on 1524 mm gauge 26 June 1866 - 30 Nov. 1874; horse-drawn on 1445 mm gauge: 20 Jan. 1877 - 30 July 1887; steam traction: 31 July 1887 - 30 June 1924; electric: 7 Feb. 1923 - today (urban since 9 January 1965)
Den Haag-Marlot-Wassenaar-Leiden (interurban): steam ? - ; electric 16 May 1925 - 9 Nov. 1961
Scheveningen-Den Haag (interurban): 1 July 1879 - 12 Apr. 1924; electric: 12 Apr. 1924 - 31 Aug. 1957
Den Haag-Voorburg-Leiden (interurban): steam on 1067 mm gauge 20 June 1885 - 24 Jan. 1924; electric: 12 Apr. 1924 - 9 Nov. 1961
Interurban LRT: 29 Oct. 2006 - today

GAUGE

Trams: 1435 mm. (except for some interurbans, see under history)
Interurban LRT: 1435 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Haags Openbaar Vervoer Museum exhibits old trams from the city.

SOURCES

PRINT

Albers, L.J.P. Trams en tramlijnen: De 'Blauwe Tram' - 1924-1961. Rotterdam: Uitgevers Wyt, 1971.
Koenot, L. Tram 2000 - Flash 1998. Bruxelles: Tram 2000, 1998.
Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.49 - Den Haag, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2011 (74: 886), p.395-397.
Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.150 - Den Haag, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2020 (83: 988), p.145-149.
van Dam, F. "A new tram route in Den Haag", Modern Tramway, Dec. 1974 (37:444), p.419-423.
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Wansbeek, C.J. "RanDstadRail: The tram-train-metro compromise", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2006 (69: 826), p.380-384.
Wansbeek, C.J. "Blue Tram: Top notch LRT shouldn't have been axed", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2008 (71: 843), p.100-104.

WIKIS

WEB SITES

Thanks to Maurits van Witsen (from the Netherlands) for the large amount of useful information he kindly sent me concerning the history of the tram system of the Hague. Peter Zondag (from Utrecht, The Netherlands) has also kindly contributed his knowledge concerning this city.

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