Den Haag HS (English: The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland Rail), is the oldest train station in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway. It is the second main station in The Hague and, unlike The Hague Central Station, it is not a terminus station. The name of the station is derived from the former Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HIJSM) which was the first Dutch railway company.

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Den Haag HS
General information
Location	Stationsplein 41 2515 BV The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands Netherlands
Coordinates	52°4′11″N 4°19′18″E
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway
Platforms	6
Connections	HTM Den Haag Tram: 1, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 HTM: 22, 26, 27, 29
Other information
Station code	Gv
History
Opened	6 December 1843
Services Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 1100 Delft towards Eindhoven Centraal Leiden Centraal towards Utrecht Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400 Night train Delft towards Rotterdam Centraal Den Haag Laan van NOI towards Amsterdam Centraal NS Intercity 2200 Delft towards Vlissingen Den Haag Laan van NOI towards Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 2400 Delft towards Dordrecht Den Haag Centraal Terminus NS Sprinter 5000 Den Haag Moerwijk towards Dordrecht NS Sprinter 5100 Den Haag Moerwijk towards Roosendaal
Location
Den Haag HS Location within Southwest Randstad Show map of Southwest Randstad Den Haag HS Den Haag HS (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands

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Hollands Spoor opened on 6 December 1843, after the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway in the country, had been extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. At the time, the area was a grassland and belonged to the municipality of Rijswijk. Lacking the people to manage law enforcement around the station, Rijswijk ceded the land to the municipality of The Hague. The railway station was named Holland Spoor, after the company which operated it, the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij.^[1] The original building, which was designed by Frederik Willem Conrad, was demolished in 1891 to make way for a Neo-Renaissance building designed by Dirk Margadant.^[2][3]

In 1870, the rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened a second main railway station in The Hague, Den Haag Rhijnspoor, on the newly constructed Gouda–Den Haag railway. A railway connection between the two stations was constructed a year later. In 1962, David Jokinen saw an opportunity to put an end to the situation between the two. The plan was not implemented. Despite the plan not being implemented, Staatsspoor station was demolished in 1973, to make way for the Den Haag Centraal railway station. As a result, The Hague has two main railway stations: Centraal Station and Hollands Spoor.^[1] Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond (Brussels) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and Eastern and North-Eastern directions (also by Leiden/Amsterdam Airport Schiphol/Amsterdam) usually stop at Centraal Station. Several trains in southern direction serve both stations.

The station is served by the following services:

• 4x per day International services (Intercity) The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels
• 1x per hour night train (nachtnet) services Rotterdam - The Hague - Amsterdam - Utrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services Amsterdam - Haarlem - Leiden - The Hague - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour Intercity services Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
• 2x per hour Intercity services The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Eindhoven
• 4x per hour Local services (Sprinter) The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht

The Hague's public transit company, HTM Personenvervoer, operates a public transportation hub in front of the railway station's front entrance. Tram lines 1, 9, 11, 12, 16 and 17 stop here.

Den Haag Hollands Spoor also includes a bus station. Several HTM bus lines stop here.