Museum Het Tramstation
Facts and practical information
Museum Het Tramstation is a Dutch museum located in Schipluiden in the province of South Holland.
The museum is located in the former streetcar station of the Westlandse Stoomtram Maatschappij. Until 1968 there were streetcars running through Schipluiden, on their way between Delft and various places in the Westland with fuels and products from the market gardeners for export to Germany. After 1943, when the WSM streetcar exploitation is permanently transferred to the Dutch Railways, these streetcars consisted of railroad equipment, legally however they were streetcars. Even before that time many 'tram-trains' were already being used, because the export of Westland products went via the 'big' railroad and to prevent overloading almost exclusively railroad cars were used. This saved travelling time and damage to the fragile products. The truck was not yet competitive enough in that period.
Even before the streetcar line was closed in 1968, the station building came into the hands of commercial parties, after which the municipality assigned it in 1987 to the Historical Society Oud-Schipluiden, which, after restoration, put it into use as 'Museum Het Tramstation' in 1989. The building has been placed on the list of national monuments.
Zuid-Holland