The RandstadRail Light Rapid Rail system, joining The Hague, Rotterdam and nearby smaller municipalties, is shown on a separate map in its entirety.
INSET: CENTRAL ROTTERDAM
| CS |
Centraal Station |
HP |
Hofplein |
| Edw |
Eendrachtsweg |
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By-pass the RandStad system map.
THE RANSTADRAIL SYSTEM
Operator: RET
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 2 |
Charlois – Maashaven – Lombardijen – Groene Tuin |
| 4 |
Marconiplein – Delfshaven – Centraal Station – Bergweg – Station Noord – Molenlaan |
| 7 |
Willemsplein – Centraal Station – Stadhuis – Hofplein – Oostplein – Kralingen – Woudestein |
| 8 |
Spangen – Marconiplein – Delfshaven – Westzeedijk – Leuvehaven – Centraal Station – Stadhuis – Hofplein – Oude Noorden – Station Noord – Kleiweg |
| 20 |
Centraal Station – Eendrachtsweg – Leuvehaven – Erasmusbrug – Laan op Zuid – Randweg – Lombardijen |
| 21 |
De Esch – Woudestein – Oostplein – Centraal Station – Middellandstraat – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Woudhoek |
| 23 |
Beverwaard – Groene Tuin – Tuinenhoven – Laan op Zuid – Erasmusbrug – Leuvehaven – Centraal Station – Middellandstraat – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Holy |
| 25 |
Carnisselande – Vreewijk – Randweg – Laan op Zuid – Erasmusbrug – Leuvehaven – Centraal Station – Blijdorp – Schiebroek |
LIGHT RAIL ROUTE
| E |
Erasmuslijn |
Den Haag Centraal Station – Station Laan van NOI – Leidschenveen – Pijnacker – Berkel en Rodenrijs – Rotterdam Hofplein |
Note: The route designation E is not used by the system itself.
METRO ROUTES
| C |
Calandlijn |
(Nesselande / Binnenhof – Schenkel) / (De Terp) – Capelsebrug – Beurs – Delfshaven – Marconiplein – Schiedam – Pernis – Tussenwater – De Akkers [Including a section of
Sneltram (Fast Tram) in the northeast] |
| E |
Erasmuslijn |
Centraal Station – Beurs – Leuvehaven – Maashaven – Slinge – Tussenwater – De Akkers |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: ? km.
- Metro: 55 km. (incl. 8.4 km of Sneltram (Fast Tram))
- LRT lines (shared with The Hague): 68 km.
HISTORY
- Trams: (horse-drawn) 1 June 1879 - 1917; (steam) 9 Apr. 1881 - ?; (electric) 18 Sept. 1905 - today.
- Interurban LRT: 29 Oct. 2006 - today.
- Vicinal tramways (RTM; steam, later diesel or diesel-electric): 2 May 1898 - 14 Feb. 1966.
- Metro: 9 Feb. 1968 - today.
GAUGE
- Trams: 1435 mm. (Schiedam horse-tram line, 1902-1917: 1000 mm.)
- Interurban LRT: 1435 mm.
- Vicinal tramways: 1067 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Stichting RoMeO exhibits old trams from the city.
The Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp operates old steam and diesel trams of the RTM vicinal network.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Koenot, L. Tram 2000 - Flash 1998. Bruxelles: Tram 2000, 1998.
- "Systems Factfile No.20: Rotterdam, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2009 (72: 8857), p.178-181.
- Vreedenberg, H.A. "Enemy occupation and tramways in the Netherlands", The Modern Tramway, Apr. 1946 (9: 97), p.29-31, 36, 38.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "RanDstadRail: The tram-train-metro compromise", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2006 (69: 826), p.380-384.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Blue Tram: Top notch LRT shouldn't have been axed", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2008 (71: 843), p.100-104.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Thanks to Dick van Efferen (from Rotterdam) for the extensive amount of information he kindly sent me, including large map files, and to Peter Zondag (from Utrecht) for information obtained through personal communication.
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