Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station
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The Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station is a railway station in the Netherlands
, on the border between The Hague
and the town of Voorburg
. It is served by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
(Dutch railway) and by the RandstadRail
light-rail network. The station is named after the road on which it is located, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, which literally translates as New East Indies Road, but probably refers to an former inn called Nieuw Oosteinde (New East End).
A new station opened in the same location on May 1, 1907 on the new line Den Haag Hollands Spoor - Scheveningen. and in 1908, the Hofpleinlijn
between Hollands Spoor and Rotterdam Hofplein
via Laan van NOI was opened: the first electrified railway in the Netherlands. Both new lines followed the "Old Line" between Hollands Spoor and Laan van NOI. Although the new station was located on the old line, it did not have platforms on that line, and trains between The Hague and Leiden did not stop there until May 15, 1931.
The line to Scheveningen closed in 1953. In 1979, a new connection was opened to Zoetermeer
. Both the Hofpleinlijn to Rotterdam and the line to Zoetermeer were converted to light rail in 2006.
In 1978, the city name was added, and the road name was abbreviated: since then, the train station has been called "Den Haag Laan van NOI". The name of the RandstadRail stop is just "Laan van NOI".
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, on the border between The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
and the town of Voorburg
Voorburg
Voorburg is a Dutch town and former municipality in the western part of the province of South Holland, the Netherlands. As also Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it is part of the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg. It has approximately 39,000 inhabitants....
. It is served by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
(Dutch railway) and by the RandstadRail
RandstadRail
RandstadRail network in the southern part of the Randstad conurbation in the west of the Netherlands, connecting The Hague, Zoetermeer and Rotterdam, consists of a metro-like line between The Hague and Rotterdam and two light rail lines between The Hague and Zoetermeer...
light-rail network. The station is named after the road on which it is located, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, which literally translates as New East Indies Road, but probably refers to an former inn called Nieuw Oosteinde (New East End).
History
Laan van NOI is located on the oldest railway line in the Netherlands, the "Old Line" between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The part of the line between Leiden and The Hague opened in 1843. The station "Nieuw Oosteinde" was located on the crossing with the Laan van Nieuw Oosteinde, near the inn "Nieuw Oosteinde". Nieuw Oosteinde was open from 1843 to 1864.Hofpleinlijn
The Hofpleinlijn was one of the two railways between the Dutch cities of The Hague and Rotterdam. In 2006 it was converted to metro-like operation as RandstadRail line E.-History:...
between Hollands Spoor and Rotterdam Hofplein
Rotterdam Hofplein railway station
Rotterdam Hofplein, located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is a former railway station as well as a former RandstadRail station. It was the terminus of the former Hofpleinlijn with services between Rotterdam and Scheveningen, later between Rotterdam and The Hague central station...
via Laan van NOI was opened: the first electrified railway in the Netherlands. Both new lines followed the "Old Line" between Hollands Spoor and Laan van NOI. Although the new station was located on the old line, it did not have platforms on that line, and trains between The Hague and Leiden did not stop there until May 15, 1931.
The line to Scheveningen closed in 1953. In 1979, a new connection was opened to Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer
Zoetermeer is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.06 km² . A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950...
. Both the Hofpleinlijn to Rotterdam and the line to Zoetermeer were converted to light rail in 2006.
Name of the station
The first station was named after an inn, "Nieuw Oosteinde". When the station re-opened in 1907, it took the name of the road. The road crosses an administrative border at the train station, and changes its name at that point: it is currently called "Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië" in The Hague, and "Laan van Nieuw Oosteinde" in Voorburg. Both names were formerly used for the entire road, and for the train station; in recent years, the "Oost-Indië" variant was most common for the station, possibly because the station is located on the The Hague side of the border.In 1978, the city name was added, and the road name was abbreviated: since then, the train station has been called "Den Haag Laan van NOI". The name of the RandstadRail stop is just "Laan van NOI".
Current services
Den Haag Laan van NOI is served by the following services:- Nederlandse SpoorwegenNederlandse SpoorwegenNederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
trains:- 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Breda
- 2x per hour express service (sneltrein) Hoorn - Alkmaar - Haarlem - The Hague
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) Leiden - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht
- 2x per hour local service (stoptrein) The Hague - Leiden - Haarlem
- RandstadRailRandstadRailRandstadRail network in the southern part of the Randstad conurbation in the west of the Netherlands, connecting The Hague, Zoetermeer and Rotterdam, consists of a metro-like line between The Hague and Rotterdam and two light rail lines between The Hague and Zoetermeer...
light rail:- line E The Hague - Pijnacker - Rotterdam
- line RR3 Loosduinen - The Hague centre - Zoetermeer
- line RR4 De Uithof - The Hague centre - Zoetermeer
- HTMHTM PersonenvervoerHTM Personenvervoer NV is a public transport company in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen and Nootdorp, the so-called Conurbation Haaglanden...
tram 2 Loosduinen - The Hague centre - Leidschendam