 It consists of 117 kilometres of rails and 241 stops, and has been operated by since 2002, being the successor of (01-01-1927 - 11-06-2002) and (01-05-1887 - 01-01-1927).The first lines in The Hague were horse-drawn.In the first half of the 1880s, steam trams appeared and rapidly replaced the horse-drawn lines, especially in longer services.