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Traffic in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is both a very densely populated and a highly developed country in which transport is a key factor of the economy.Correspondingly it has a very dense and modern infrastructure, facilitating transport with road, rail, air and water networks.
The main public transport in the Netherlands for longer distances is by train. Long-distance buses are limited to a few missing railway connections. Regional and local public transport is by bus and in some cities by metro and tram. There are also ferries.
In Dutch a motorway is called "autosnelweg" or simply "snelweg"; other expressways are just called "autoweg" (literally: "car road"). According to a 2004 estimate, some 12,500 km of road remain as yet unpaved. [citation needed] Mobility on Dutch roads has grown continuously since the 1950s and now exceeds 200 billion km travelled per year. [5]
At 03:25 CEST (01:25 UTC), [1] a freight train, operated by DB Cargo and hauled by DBAG Class 189 locomotive number 189 054, [2] collided with a road–rail crane that was obstructing the line at Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands, [3] which connects Leiden Centraal with Den Haag Centraal and Den Haag Hollands Spoor, all located on the Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway. [4]
HTM Personenvervoer NV (HTM, from the former name Haagsche Tramweg Maatschappij) is a public transport company [1] in the Netherlands operating trams, lightrail and buses in The Hague, Rijswijk, Leidschendam, Voorburg, Delft, Zoetermeer, Wateringen, Pijnacker and Nootdorp, the so-called Conurbation Haaglanden.
Connexxion was formed on 10 May 1999 from a merger between transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French word connexion meaning connection. In January 2007, Connexxion took over Utrecht public transport operator GVU and Nijmegen operator Novio. [1] In 2007, Connexxion's 33% shareholding in Syntus was ...
Hanzelijn (English: Hanseatic line) is a 50 km (31 miles) high-speed railway line in the Netherlands. It connects Lelystad, capital of the province of Flevoland, with Zwolle, capital of the neighbouring province of Overijssel, and provides a direct rail link between Flevoland and the north-east of the Netherlands. The maximum speed on the line ...
Public transport in Amsterdam consists of metro, tram, bus and ferry routes operated mainly by GVB, the city-owned public transport operator. Regional buses, and some suburban buses, are operated by Connexxion and EBS. Currently, there are 16 different tram routes, and five metro routes. There are also privately operated water taxis, a water ...