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On an average working day steps more than 198.000 travelers in and out at The Hague Central Station. Traveling now seems like the same thing every day, but a lot has changed over the years. Both on the train and at The Hague CS. Get ready for a ride back in time. You no longer see these nine things, but they used to be quite normal for train travelers in The Hague.
Third class
Did you know that there used to be three classes were on the train? Travelers from The Hague with money could enjoy the wonderful luxury of the first class. Then there was a second class and until 1956 the third-class coupé was also an option. This was the cheapest travel option. Residents had to sit on wooden benches.
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Buying a train ticket
It’s already 20 year ago that we were first introduced to the public transport chip card. This electronic debit card is now used by almost all train passengers. Previously, all residents had to buy a paper ticket. The very first platform ticket cost 2.5 cents each.
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Cippers
Do you remember the wire cutter? Since the arrival of the public transport chip card, it is no longer necessary for a conductor to check passengers in The Hague with nippers. That is why you can from 2017 admire the nippers only in museums.
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Smoking on the train
January 1st 2004, a sad day for smokers in The Hague. From that moment on, smoking was prohibited on the train. The ashtrays – which were normally placed in the handrails or in the table window – were welded shut. Before that time it was the most normal thing in the world to smoke a cigarette in the wagons.
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Would you like to see what time the train departs from The Hague Central Station? Then you can now look in the journey planner of the app or the website of the railway operator. Travelers from The Hague who lived before the internet era had the timetable. This yellow booklet contained an overview of all timetables. A good overview, some booklets were hundreds of pages thick.
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In 2010 the NS has stopped publishing the paper timetable. The complete timetable is still online to download. The companies Rover and Treinreisiger.nl have taken over and still sell the booklet every year.
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Photo: ANPA luxury that train travelers in The Hague used to have: the coffee cart. Although a cart full of drinks and food now only passes all carriages on international trains, the coffee cart has completely disappeared on Dutch routes. Too bad!
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Luxury First Class
Nowadays the first and second classes do not differ greatly from each other, in the past this was a lot more visible. Especially in the first class, residents lacked nothing. Luxurious sofas, curtains on the windows, tables for dining, your own staff… That used to be quite normal for the wealthy train passenger.
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Waiting rooms
In the In winter it’s hard when you’re waiting on the platform. You can possibly shoot into a shop or wait in the station hall to escape the cold. This used to be arranged differently; there were special waiting rooms where train passengers from The Hague could wait for the train.
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Early at The Hague Central
We recently dived in the history books about The Hague Central. Did you know that The Hague station was called Rijnspooor? And then for a while The Hague Staatsspoor? We also have one found some nice pictures of how the station looks at the end 08th century.
The Hague became Central in the s 2004 has also been extensively modified. This was necessary because of the arrival of the Randstadrail, but especially because the number of travelers had increased to approximately 250. per day.
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