Misplaced Pages

#821178

11-632: The first line constructed was a line following the straight route of the Haarlemmertrekvaart canal, connecting Amsterdam with Haarlem, which opened on 20 September 1839. The line was quickly expanded to follow the Leidsevaart canal and reached Leiden in 1842, The Hague in 1843, and Rotterdam in 1847. Because this line is the oldest line in the Netherlands, it is now known as the Old Line . This line

22-712: A vocational school in Haarlem , in order to satisfy their need for workers in the booming train business. Economic woes caused by the First World War forced the HSM to start cooperation with the other Dutch railway company Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS) to strengthen their economic position. In 1938, this led to the formation of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen . Haarlemmertrekvaart The Haarlemmertrekvaart [ˌhaːrlɛmərˈtrɛkfaːrt] (Haarlem's Tow-Canal)

33-459: A line to Leeuwarden , which took passengers by boat over the Zuiderzee . To service the trains on the rails, the HSM had the services of Koninklijke Fabriek van Rijtuigen en Spoorwagens J.J. Beijnes in Haarlem. This company grew so fast, that in 1891, the HSM, aided by the social activist Daniel de Clercq , began the Haarlem society called De Ambachtsschool to unify various city efforts to start

44-543: Is a canal between Amsterdam and Haarlem in the province of North Holland , the Netherlands. It was dug in 1631, making it the oldest tow-canal in Holland. Travel on such canals was historically done by barges (or trekschuit in Dutch) which were towed by animals (and sometimes by man-power) on a path along the canal's edge ( towpath ). Until the beginning of the 17th century, the primary waterway between Amsterdam and Haarlem

55-585: The towpath shortened the route considerably for land traffic. Prior to this route, coaches traveling by land would leave Haarlem over the Oude Weg up to the Liede , where they would cross at Penningsveer (a ferry for a penny), to Spaarnwoude and along the IJdijk (on older maps, Spaarndammerdijk) to Amsterdam. The first trekschuit 'sailed' in 1632 between Amsterdam and Haarlem , and could carry 30 passengers. Because of

66-565: The HSM constructed a number of other rail- and tramways in the Netherlands, mainly in the relatively densely populated Holland , such as the Staatslijn K (1860–1865), a line northwards from Haarlem to Uitgeest in 1867, and the line to Zandvoort (1881). But the HSM also exploited lines to other regions, such as Utrecht (where it connected to lines of the SS ), Zutphen (past cities as Amersfoort and Apeldoorn ) and Nijmegen . The HSM even exploited

77-537: The Haarlemmertrekvaart led to the extension of the canal from Haarlem to Leiden by means of the Leidsevaart in 1657. When the Haarlem Lake became a polder in 1852, the former sluice gate became a steam-driven drainage pump, which is now a museum. A railway parallel to the canal was built in 1839 which rendered passenger transport on the Haarlemmertrekvaart obsolete. While there is no longer any shipping on

88-558: The canal, it is still being used for water management. Penningsveer Penningsveer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland . It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Haarlem . The town is named after the ferry (Dutch: veer ) that (for a penny) used to take travellers across the Liede . Travellers over land on their way to Amsterdam would pass through Spaarnwoude before reaching Halfweg . That route became obsolete when

99-525: The sluice gate between the Haarlem Lake and the IJ, the canal was not continuous. The passengers needed to disembark and change boats at this point, which was halfway, and where the town of Halfweg (meaning "halfway") formed. Commercial freight was not allowed to use the canal, and a complicated tax system on water transport kept the trekschuit system a stable means of passenger transport for centuries. The success of

110-604: Was originally built to Dutch broad gauge 1,945 mm ( 6 ft  4 + 9 ⁄ 16  in ), but was converted to 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) standard gauge in 1866. The line started at the Amsterdam d'Eenhonderd Roe station on the west side of Amsterdam, across the street from the company's headquarters, and ran to the Delftse Poort station in Rotterdam. Aside from this line,

121-509: Was the IJ , a bay of the Zuiderzee . The land route was over the twisty dike along this bay. In 1631 construction began and the canal was dug in a virtually straight line to guarantee the shortest route. It shortened the waterway from Haarlem to Amsterdam considerably. Until that time, boats needed to travel up the Spaarne river to pass the narrow sluice gate at Spaarndam , to reach the IJ. Similarly,

SECTION 10

#1732852269822
#821178