Maidstone

Den Haag Hs

Den Haag HS is the oldest railway station in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Amsterdam-Haarlem-Rotterdam railway route. It and the Hague Central Station are the two main stations in The Hague.

Trains from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and further south (Brussels), usually at the Dutch station in The Hague; and to Utrecht or east or northeast (including to Leiden, Amsterdam Schiphol, Amsterdam) Train) usually stops at The Hague Central Station. Some trains heading south have stops at both stations. Trains at the Dutch station in The Hague include multinational trains, inter-city trains and section trains.

In front of the gate of the Dutch station in The Hague, there is the Hague Mass Transit Station, which is operated by the public transport company in The Hague. Lines 1, 9, 11, 12, 16 and 17 of the Hague tram stop at this station.

Maidstone is a town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it with Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river carried much of the town's trade as the centre of the agricultural county of Kent, known as the Garden of England. There is evidence of settlement in the area dating back before the Stone Age. The town, part of the borough of Maidstone, had a population of 113,137 in 2011. There has been a shift in the town's economy since the Second World War away from heavy industry towards light industry and services.

The Hague (; Dutch: Den Haag [dɛn ˈɦaːx] or 's-⁠Gravenhage [ˌsxraːvə(n)ˈɦaːɣə] ) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland. It is also the seat of government of the Netherlands and it houses one of the most important courts in the world. With a metropolitan population of more than 1 million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 13th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. Located in the west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation. The Hague is the seat of the Cabinet, the States General, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State of the Netherlands, but the city is not the constitutional capital of the Netherlands, which is Amsterdam. King Willem-Alexander lives in Huis ten Bosch and works at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, together with Queen Máxima. Most foreign embassies in the Netherlands are located in the city. The Hague is also home to the world headquarters of Royal Dutch Shell and other Dutch companies. The Hague is known as the home of international law and arbitration. The International Court of Justice, the main judicial arm of the United Nations, is located in the city, as well as the International Criminal Court, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Europol, and approximately 200 other international governmental organisations.