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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in The Hague/Den Haag, Netherlands (March 2019) - Length: 7:48 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Den Haag - PCC Cars - Length: 5:20 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - RandstadRail rijdt in Den Haag: RandstadRail tram in the Hague, Netherlands. - Length: 6:21 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: THE HAGUE - CENTRE
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Bl | Beeklaan | Lwb | Leeghwaterbrug |
| Ck | Conradkade | Rww | Rijswijkseweg |
| LV | Lange Vijverberg | Sl | Statenlaan |
THE RANDSTADRAIL 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: HTM Personenvervoer NV
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | Scheveningen Noorderstrand – Scheveningseweg – Centrum - Station HS – Leeghwaterbrug – Hoornbrug – Station Delft – Delft Tanthof |
| 2 | Kraayenstein – Oude Haagweg – Grote Marktstraat (Tram tunnel) – Centrum - Centraal Station – Voorburg – Leidschendam – Leidschendam Noord |
| 3 | Loosduinen – Laan van Meerdervoort – Grote Marktstraat (Tram tunnel) – Centrum - Centraal Station – Station Laan van NOI - Leidschenveen - Voorweg - Zoetermeer Centrum West - Seghwaert - De Leyens - Voorweg - Delftsewallen - Zoetermeer Centrum West [Between Centraal Station and Zoetermeer, operated like an LRT line] |
| 4 | De Uithof – Leyenburg - Escamplaan – Grote Marktstraat (Tram tunnel) – Centrum - Centraal Station – Station Laan van NOI - Leidschenveen - Voorweg - Zoetermeer Centrum West - Seghwaert - Oosterheem Javalaan [Between Centraal Station and Oosterheem, operated like an LRT line] |
| 6 | Leyenburg – Escamplaan – De Heemstraat – Hobbemastraat – Grote Marktstraat (Tram tunnel) – Centrum - Centraal Station – Het Kleine Loo – Leidschendam |
| 9 | Scheveningen Noorderstrand – Madurodam – Koninginnegracht – Centraal Station – Centrum - Station HS – Parallelweg – Melis Stokelaan – Vrederust |
| 10 | Statenkwartier – Scheveningseweg – Lange Vijverberg – Centraal Station – Rijswijkseweg – Laakkade - Leeghwaterbrug – Station HS [back through Centraal Station etc.] [Daytime service on weekdays only] |
| 11 | Scheveningen Haven – Statenkwartier – Conradkade – De Heemstraat – Parallelweg – Station HS |
| 12 | Duindorp – Nieboerweg – Laan van Meerdervoort – Beeklaan – De Heemstraat – Parallelweg – Station HS |
| 15 | Centraal Station – Centrum - Station HS – Rijswijkseweg – Hoornbrug – Ypenburg – Nootdorp |
| 16 | Centraal Station – Lange Vijverberg – Centrum - Station HS – Leeghwaterbrug – Moerwijk Station – Erasmusweg – Moerwijk - Melis Stokelaan – Wateringse Veld - Wateringen |
| 17 | Statenkwartier – Statenlaan – Kerkplein - Lange Vijverberg – Centraal Station – Lekstraat – Station HS – Leeghwaterbrug – Rijswijk Station – Eikelenburglaan – Wateringen |
| 19 | Leidschendam – Leidschenveen – Ypenburg - Station Delft – Delft Tanthof |
LIGHT RAIL ROUTE
| E | Erasmuslijn | Den Haag Centraal - Laan van NOI - Voorburg - Leidschenveen - Nootdorp - Pijnacker - Berkel & Rodenrijs - Rotterdam Centraal - Stadhuis - Beurs - Leuvehaven - Maashaven - Slinge |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: 116 km.
- LRT lines (excluding line E, counted as part of the Rotterdam system): 25 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
- 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.
- 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. "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
- Haagse tram
- HTM Personenvervoer
- Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij
- RandstadRail
- Tramlijn Den Haag HSM - Scheveningen Strand
- Westlandsche Stoomtramweg Maatschappij
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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