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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
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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 ...
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.. The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, which operated trains through the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom, and Thalys which operated in Western Europe.