Haarlem railway station is located in Haarlem in North Holland , Netherlands . The station opened at September 20, 1839, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway , the first railway line in the Netherlands. The station building itself is a rijksmonument .
15-614: The original, wooden station was built on the Oude Weg, just outside the Amsterdamse Poort in 1839 to accommodate the passengers of the first railway in the Netherlands between Haarlem and Amsterdam . This had a broad gauge rail width of the Dutch broad gauge 1,945 mm ( 6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in ). The station was built outside the city, on the current location of
30-470: A storage space. A room in the Amsterdamse Poort was suited for that and the munition was stored. In 1869 the bridge in front of the gate was finally reconstructed. In 1874 most of the (explosive) munition was taken outside the city. In 1889 a small renovation was planned, with a budget of 1,490 guilders . The city architect, J. Leijh, started the project, which later required an extra 775 guilders. In
45-571: The Centrale Werkplaats (maintenance depot) of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij . At great expense, the track gauge was reduced in 1866 to 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) in order to conform to George Stephenson 's standard gauge . The train engine " De Snelheid " was the twin of the " Arend ", which along with the carriages, were designed by Stephenson's apprentice,
60-576: The 1480s, Fribourg in 1509 and Zürich in 1510, and other towns in the 17th century. The Reichsmünzordnung or imperial minting ordinance of the Holy Roman Empire first defined standards for the Rhenish gulden ( Rheinischer Gulden ) in 1524. It also defined a silver Guldengroschen of equal value to the gulden . The standards of the Rhenish gulden has changed over the centuries, as follows: With increasingly standardized currencies in
75-451: The 1960s the gate was declared a national monument. In 1985 a complete renovation of the gate took place. 52°22′50″N 4°38′48″E / 52.38056°N 4.64667°E / 52.38056; 4.64667 Guilder Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden , originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc (" gold penny "). This
90-458: The English rail engineer Thomas Longridge Gooch of R.B. Longridge & Co . There were 4 trains per day to Amsterdam, scheduled at 9:00, 14:00, 16:00, and 18:00. The prices of the tickets for 1st (closed carriage) , 2nd, and 3rd class ( charabanc ) were 1.20, 80c, and 40c ( guilders ). Within a few years the new railway turned out to be a great success, and in 1842 a permanent station was built on
105-485: The current location. It was designed by Frederick Willem Conrad in a semi-Greek neo-classicistic style. The front of the building was open to the street. In 1867 the station was re-designed by P.J. Mouthaan . An extra floor was put on the building and the front of the building was enclosed. The current building was built between 1906 and 1908. The design is by the railway station specialist Dirk Margadant (1849-1915). The tracks were elevated , to avoid conflict with
120-624: The early modern period, gulden or guilder became a term for various early modern and modern currencies, detached from actual gold coins. The Dutch guilder first emerged as the currency of the Burgundian Netherlands after the monetary reforms of 1435, under Philip the Good . It remained the national currency of the Netherlands until it was replaced by the euro , on 1 January 2002. The Reichsmünzordnung of 1524 defined fixed standards for
135-564: The gold Rhenish gulden and the Guldengroschen of equal value. By 1551, however, both coins were valued at 72 kreuzer , and a new guilder currency unit of 60 kreuzer was defined. The latter gulden was then defined over the succeeding centuries as a currency unit worth a fraction of the silver Reichsthaler . In 1753, Austria-Hungary and Bavaria agreed to the Conventions monetary standard which resulted into two differently valued gulden:
150-551: The only gate left from the original twelve city gates. It was created in 1355 and is the only remaining city gate from the defenses of Haarlem. Until the 17th century it was the city gate used for traffic by land eastwards towards Spaarnwoude over the Laeghe weg (now Oude weg). In 1631 the Haarlemmertrekvaart was dug, which shortened the waterway from Haarlem to Amsterdam considerably. This gate, for those travelling by land,
165-479: The traffic in the city. It is the only train station in the Netherlands that is built in Art Nouveau style. As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Haarlem: 1300 1300 2100 2200 3400 4800 5400 6300 15400 Amsterdamse Poort (Haarlem) The Amsterdamse Poort is an old city gate of Haarlem , Netherlands . It is located at the end of the old route from Amsterdam to Haarlem and
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#1733106811332180-465: Was blocking the construction of a new bridge on the location just in front of the gate. However, there was not enough money at the moment to construct a new bridge, so the city council agreed to provide funds for a short-term renovation of the gate to make sure it would stay up for two or three more years. In 1867 the Papentoren, a tower, was demolished, and the munition that had been stored there needed
195-478: Was called the Spaarnwouderpoort . With the new canal and its towpath , the trip was so short, it became much more popular, since it was now possible to travel back and forth to Amsterdam on the same day. Thus the name of the gate changed to Amsterdamse Poort . In 1865 the city government wanted to demolish the gate. A speedy procedure to put down the gate was requested, as the gate was in pretty bad shape and
210-579: Was the name of several gold coins used during the Holy Roman Empire . It first referred to the Italian gold florin , introduced in the 13th century. It then referred to the Rhenish gulden ( florenus Rheni ) issued by several states of the Holy Roman Empire from the 14th century. The Rhenish gulden was issued by Trier, Cologne and Mainz in the 14th and 15th centuries. Basel minted its own Apfelgulden between 1429 and 1509. Bern and Solothurn followed in
225-609: Was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman Empire for the Fiorino d'oro (introduced in 1252 in the Republic of Florence ). Hence, the name has often been interchangeable with florin ( currency sign ƒ or fl. ). The guilder is also the name of several currencies used in Europe and the former colonies of the Dutch Empire . The guilder or gulden
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