Railroads of
Netherlands

1. NS-Reizigers
   NS-Reizigers is the domestic rail service of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).
   
   
2. NS-Internationaal
   International rail service of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).
   
   
3. Arriva Nederland
   Passenger rail services lines in the north of The Netherlands - radiating from Groningen and Leeuwarden .
   
   
4. Keolis
   Passenger rail services lines in the east of The Netherlands, the so called 'Achterhoek' (Arnhem - Winterswijk - Zutphen).
   
   
   
5. Thalys
   Fast train connecting major cities in Northern France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
   
   
6. De AutoSlaap Trein (EETC - Euro-Express-Treincharter)
   Summer holiday trains with your car from the Netherlands to France and Italy and Austria.
   
   
   
7. Rotterdam Metro
   
   
   
8. Amsterdam Metro
   
   
9. Rotterdam Metro Map
   
   
10. Amsterdam Metro Map
    
    
11. ZLSM - Zuid Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
    The Z.L.S.M. runs services between Schin op Geul and Kerkrade on a line of more than 16 kilometer length and between Simpelveld and Vetschau, just across the German border, a line of approximately 6 kilometer. On October 23rd 1853 the line Maastricht-Aken is taken into use and becomes the first border crossing railway line of the Netherlands. The line goes via Valkenburg, Schin op Geul, Wijlre, Eijs, Simpelveld and Bocholtz to Richterich and Aachen in Germany.
    On April 20th 1896 the line Sittard - Herzogenrath is opened. With this new line the poor connections of this region to the rest of the country are improved considerably. Years later, on June 15th 1934 the line from Schaesberg via Kerkrade-Centrum to Simpelveld is opened for service. But that was not realised without problems. In 1919, after 12 years of lobbying and political pressure from Kerkrade, the approval is given for the cobstruction of the line. However no work was started until 1925. In spite of the short distance of only 12½ km, the construction costed more than 12 million guilders. This is approximately 1 million guilders per kilometer, for those times a huge ammount of money!! The line therefor obtained the nickname 'het Miljoenenlijntje' (million-line). Tunnels, divers and bridges had to be built. Because of the mining activities in the region there was always the threat of caving in, which required high demands to the construction. In total, approximately 3,5 million cubic metres of earth had to be moved to cover the differences in altitude. At the Anstellerbeek valley an elevation of 32 metres has been realised! The most drastic earth displacement ever taken place in the Netherlands.
    
    
    
12. ERS Railways
    As one of the foremost leaders in the intermodal rail business, European Rail Shuttle (ERS) is extremely proud of its high quality container transport services, offering limitless possibilities to its clients. Tens of thousands of deep sea containers, tank containers, swap bodies and trailers are transported via the ERS network, year after year.
    
    
13. ProRail
    Taking care of capacity, reliability and safety on Dutch railways. That summarises ProRail's activities in a few words. Our working area covers more than 6,500 kilometres of railroad track. We maintain it, renovate it and expand it.
    
    
14. SGB - Museum Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele
    
    
15. ISM - Industrieel Smalspoor Museum
    Narrow gauge as a mode of transport in the industrial sector. Experience the use of narrow gauge for industrial use by means of a trip by a narrow gauge train, passing trough a beautiful area and travelling on an original route which has been used for the transport of peat by narrow gauge trains in the past.
    
    

  
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