Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (English: [Dutch Railways] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) or NS is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. NS provides rail services on the Dutch main rail network. The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight services, formerly operated by NS Cargo, merged with the DB Schenker group in 2000.
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| Industry | Rail transport |
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| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Rail transport, rail construction, services |
| Revenue | Increase €4.9 billion (2015) |
| Increase €212 million (2016)[1] | |
Number of employees | 34,000 (2015) |
| Parent | Netherlands |
| Subsidiaries | Abellio Abellio Greater Anglia Serco-Abellio 50% Merseyrail 50% ScotRail |
| Website | www |
NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers.[2] In addition, NS provides international rail services from Abellio which runs Abellio Greater Anglia, Merseyrail and ScotRail in the United Kingdom.
Nederlandse Spoorwegen Media
- Demonstranten met spandoek Smit-Kroes tragisch gebrek aan visie, Bestanddeelnr 932-6055.jpg
Protests against neoliberal policies in 1983
- 3 op een rij in Arnhem (8641097454).jpg
NS trains at Arnhem Centraal
- NS Train Ticket.jpg
NS ticket and supplement (Amsterdam to Rotterdam, with Intercity supplement)
- 2010.07.20.155651 Logo Bahnhof Maastricht.jpg
Logo at Maastricht station in 2010
- Ellesmere Port railway station (4).JPG
Merseyrail Class 508 at Ellesmere Port in June 2012
- Abellio Greater Anglia Intercity Class 90 Stratford.jpg
Abellio Greater Anglia Class 90 at Stratford in October 2014
- Elten ICE3m 4652 NS uitvoering zonder Hi-Speed (14487969205).jpg
NS International ICE 3 in June 2014