Hollands Spoor
Just like Haarlem, The Hague has a beautiful vintage station.
It's been on my 'to shoot' list for a long time, but there is one big problem…
There is a huge lamppost right in front of it, making it almost impossible to make a nice panorama :-)
But, as you can see, I found a solution to get rid of the annoying pole.
Wiki:
Den Haag HS (The Hague HS), an abbreviation of the original name Den Haag Hollands Spoor (The Hague Holland's Rail), is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam-Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam in 1847. The railway station was named after the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg Maatschappij, the company which operated the railway station.
Rival company Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg Maatschappij opened a second main railway station in The Hague in 1870, The Hague Rhijnspoor, for the railway line to Gouda and Utrecht. This railway station was demolished in 1973, to make way for the The Hague Central Station. As a result, The Hague has two main railway stations: Central Station and HS. Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and beyond (Brussels) tend to stop at The Hague HS, whereas trains from Utrecht and, eventually, the German border usually stop at the Central Station.
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