Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Railway network. Number of tracks: 1=red, 2=blue, 3=green, 4=yellow. Maximum speeds on the railway network. The following list focuses on the routes taken by trains traveling on railway lines in the Netherlands. A list including all the stops on the train routes can be found at Dutch Railway Services. [citation needed]
A Thalys train at Amsterdam Centraal A Fyra train in the Dutch countryside. High-speed rail service in the Netherlands started on 13 December 2009 with the dedicated HSL-Zuid line that connects the Randstad via Brussels to the European high-speed rail network. In later years improved traditional rail sections were added to the high-speed network.
Maximum speeds on the rail network. The Netherlands has a rail network totalling 7,021 kilometres (4,363 mi) of track, [1] or 3,013 route km. [2] Three quarters of it is electrified, one third is single track. Railway lines are built in standard gauge, apart from a few narrow gauge industrial and recreational railways.
The Dutch National Railway Company (Nederlandse Spoorwegen/NS) was founded in 1837 and tasked with building the Dutch railway network. [9] The first Dutch railway was built and opened in 1839 on a short stretch between Amsterdam and Haarlem, and was expanded between 1840 and 1847 to The Hague and Rotterdam. [10]
In the Netherlands there are three types of domestic train services on the main lines, these are: Intercity Direct - Domestic Intercity Service which runs along the high speed line (up to 200 km/h). Intercity - An express, limited-stop service, often calling only at major railway stations; in some cases it has stops at all stations along part ...
Series 1500: was a series of high-speed train locomotives of the Dutch Railways (NS) and its predecessors Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS) and Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NCS). Series 1600 ('Rhijnboog'): A class of 4-4-0 engines built by Sharp Stewart from 1889 to 1903. These were the first engines in the ...
The HSL-Zuid (Dutch: Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid, English: South high-speed line), is a 125 kilometre-long (78 mile) Dutch high-speed rail line running between the Amsterdam metropolitan area and the Belgian border, with a branch to Breda, North Brabant. Together with the Belgian HSL 4 it forms the Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed railway. Originally ...
Intercity Direct, abbreviated to ICD, is a Dutch category of higher-speed train service, operating on the HSL-Zuid and connecting Amersfoort Vathorst / Lelystad to Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam Centraal and Breda. Some services cross the border with Belgium, extending to Brussels-South. It is part of NS International.