Program OV NEXT

HTM's red-beige GTL8 trams have now been running for 40 years. A respectable age for trams, but that also means they are at the end of their service life. Moreover, these trams are not or more difficult to access for people with disabilities or passengers with pushchairs or large suitcases. That is why new, spacious trams will not only offer more capacity. They will also improve accessibility, as the low floors will make boarding easier for everyone. Whether you travel with an (electric) wheelchair, walker or pram. Stops will be made accessible for this purpose. The arrival of the spacious trams also requires adjustments to the infrastructure and new stabling space.

To further improve the attractiveness of public transport, short journey times are important. For existing and new (Koningscorridor and Leyenburgcorridor) tram and bus lines, we are investigating how journey times can be shortened. Consider infrastructure modifications such as priority at intersections and options to make boarding and alighting faster.

This section examines how we can make public transport as compatible as possible with other forms of transport. For the so-called first and last mile (start and end of your journey), HTM works together with felyx (electric shared scooter) and there is the HTM Fiets. We can also entice people to choose public transport by creating so-called hubs to facilitate transfers, for example. A hub is a public transport hub where you can switch to all other possible means of transport and vice versa. Such hub locations are being explored at Leyweg, Hubertus Tunnel and Binckhorst, among others.

This new public transport connection will allow passengers to travel directly and with high frequency from Scheveningen/International Zone via The Hague Central, Central Innovation District - Binckhorst/Voorburg to Zoetermeer or Delft (via Rijswijk). Together with other municipalities, we examine what measures and financial resources are needed to realise this connection. This will also involve area development along the route (housing, work locations). The section between The Hague Central Station and Voorburg is part of the exploratory study CID- Binckhorst.

To better connect The Hague Southwest's accessibility to the rest of The Hague and towards Zoetermeer, we are looking for solutions to a number of bottlenecks. For instance, the maximum number of trams running through the tram tunnel is at the ceiling of capacity. The same applies to the concurrency of tram 3 and 4 with Metro E at Leidschenveen.