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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 ]
The national tariff system (Dutch: nationaal tariefsysteem or nationale vervoerbewijzen/NVB) is a ticketing and zoning scheme for local public transport in the Netherlands. It was designed as a nationwide scheme but is being phased out (see section on validity, below) and replaced by the OV-chipkaart .
The OV-chipkaart provides ticket integration for most public transport, while the National Tariff System is being phased out. Paper railway tickets were abolished in July 2014 and replaced by disposable cards. If the user doesn't have a (valid) season ticket a base fare + distance fare is charged.
The Hoofdgebouw I (Main Building I) complex in Utrecht, former Nederlandse Spoorwegen headquarters and nowadays the office of DB Cargo in the Netherlands. World War I caused an economic downturn in the Netherlands that caused the two largest Dutch railway companies, Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM) and Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS), to become unprofitable.
The OV-chipkaart is a collaborative initiative of five large public transport operators in the Netherlands: the main rail operator NS, the bus operator Connexxion and the municipal transport operators of the three largest cities: GVB (Amsterdam), HTM (The Hague) and RET (Rotterdam), though all public transport operators in the Netherlands now use the system.
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.
NS.nl Official website of Netherlands Railways. Rail Fan Europe on Dutch railway operators. Treinengek.nl Featuring pictures and information. Arthur's treinenpagina by Arthur Pijpers. Rail 1435 (named after the standard gauge in mm) by Max Hovens. Langs de rails Trains in the Netherlands since 1967, by Nico Spilt. Picture archive by Ben Doedens.
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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