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Location | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°03′53″N4°24′00″E / 52.06472°N 4.40000°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | E 3 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leidschenveen is the RandstadRail station in the centre of Leidschenveen in the neighbourhood Leidschenveen-Ypenburg in The Hague, Netherlands. The station features 2 platforms on a viaduct. These have a high and a low platform, with tram lines RandstadRail 3 and RandstadRail 4 using the lower platforms, and metro line E using the higher platforms. Leidschenveen is the station where the metro and the tram lines split, with the metro (line E) continuing to Rotterdam, while the trams (3 & 4) continue to Zoetermeer. [1]
Leidschenveen opened as a RandstadRail station on 29 October 2006 for the HTM tram services (4) and for the RET metro service (line E), and on 20 October 2007 for tram service 3. In 2014 a pilot study focused on means to reduce litter, prompting measures that improved the perception of cleanliness. [2] Neighbourhood organizations complained in 2020 about safety issues related to loitering teens. [3]
The following services currently call at Leidschenveen:
These services depart from street level, directly below the station.
The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic.
HTM Personenvervoer NV is a public transport company in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam, Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen, Pijnacker and Nootdorp, the so-called Conurbation Haaglanden. The lightrail connection to Zoetermeer is operated in cooperation with RET, the Rotterdam-public transport company, which operates the connection between The Hague Central Station and Slinge in the south of Rotterdam, thus giving a fast and easy connection between the two city-centres. Regional transports are serviced by Connexxion, Arriva and RET.
Nootdorp is a small town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is bordered by Zoetermeer to the north, by The Hague to the west, by Delfgauw to the south and by Pijnacker to the east. Nootdorp was a separate municipality until 2002, when it merged with Pijnacker to form Pijnacker-Nootdorp, which is a part of Greater The Hague.
RandstadRail is a tram-train network in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area in the west of the Netherlands that is jointly operated by HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) and Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET). It connects the cities of Rotterdam, The Hague and Zoetermeer, primarily using former train and existing tram tracks.
Den Haag Centraal is the largest railway station in the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The railway station opened in 1973, adjacent to its predecessor: Den Haag Staatsspoor, which was subsequently demolished. It is the western terminus of the Gouda–Den Haag railway.
Rotterdam Centraal station is the main railway station of the city Rotterdam in South Holland, Netherlands. The station received an average of 112,000 passengers daily in 2019. The current station building, located at Station Square, was officially opened in March 2014.
Voorburg 't Loo is the RandstadRail station of Voorburg, the Netherlands.
Leidschendam-Voorburg is the RandstadRail station in of Leidschendam-Voorburg, the Netherlands.
Forepark is the RandstadRail station in the industrial area of Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, a neighbourhood in The Hague, Netherlands. The station features 2 platforms on either side of a viaduct. These have a high and a low platform, with RandstadRail 3 and RandstadRail 4 using the lower platforms, and line E using the higher platforms.
Voorweg is a RandstadRail station in Zoetermeer, Netherlands.
Centrum-West is a RandstadRail station in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.
Pijnacker Centrum is a RandstadRail station located in Pijnacker, the Netherlands.
Pijnacker Zuid is a RandstadRail station located in Pijnacker, the Netherlands.
Berkel Westpolder is a metro station, as a part of the Rotterdam metro and the regional light rail system RandstadRail, located in Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands.
Zoetermeer Stadslijn is a light-rail line converted from a former commuter rail line in the Netherlands, between The Hague and Zoetermeer.
Grote Markt is a RandstadRail station in central The Hague, Netherlands. It opened on 16 October 2004 as part of The Hague's new tram tunnel. The station is near by the Grote Marktstraat where's the main shopping centre from The Hague.
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The main public transport in the Netherlands for longer distances is by train. Long-distance buses are limited to a few missing railway connections. Regional and local public transport is by bus and in some cities by metro and tram. There are also ferries.
The Hague Tram is a tram network forming part of the public transport system in and around the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands.
Forepark is a business park in The Hague, Netherlands, east of the Prins Clausplein highway interchange. It was developed in the 1990s, together with the nearby residential neighbourhood Leidschenveen. Originally part of the municipality of Leidschendam, it was annexed by The Hague in 2002 and now falls under the district of Leidschenveen-Ypenburg. Since 2007, Forepark is home to Cars Jeans Stadion, the home stadium of ADO Den Haag. Since the construction of the RandstadRail network, the business park is connected to the metro line between Rotterdam and the city centre of The Hague via Forepark Station.