Transportation in the Netherlands
Transportation in the Netherlands
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(2001)
Railway tracks
Two new lines are being constructed: the HSL (see below) and a freight line from Rotterdam to Germany, the Betuweroute.
The Hanzelijn project is a planned railway line Lelystad-Dronten-Kampen and upgrading of the stretch Kampen-Zwolle.
A maglev Amsterdam - Almere - Lelystad - Emmeloord - Heerenveen - Drachten - Groningen (city) is being planned, possibly to be constructed from 2010.
Two new railway arcs were ready in December 2003:
- Hemboog between Schiphol/Amsterdam-Lelylaan and Zaandam, bypassing the crossing at Amsterdam Sloterdijk (see [1])
- Gooiboog between Hilversum/Naarden-Bussum and Almere Muziekwijk (see [1])
- Utrechtboog between Schiphol/Amsterdam-Rai and Bijlmer/Utrecht (city), bypassing the crossing at Duivendrecht.
The rail capacity supplied by ProRail is used by five public transport operators (see below) as well as cargo operators: Railion, ERS, ACTS, Shortlines. Also there is Herik Rail, with seven carriages, where trains can be chartered for parties, meetings, etc.
Not operational is the NESM Nostalgie Expresse.
See also [1]
There are two crossings of regular railway lines, both non-level and with a station providing stops on both lines: Amsterdam Sloterdijk (ass) and Duivendrecht (dvd). A third crossing is under construction east of Zoetermeer, also non-level but without stops, one line is the HSL.
(with timetable number)
Non-electrified lines
Railways for public transport
Trains have 1st and 2nd class.
See also:
International trains
- Amsterdam C - Schiphol Airport - The Hague HS - Rotterdam C - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Antwerp Berchem - Mechelen - Brussels Nord - Brussels C - Brussels Midi). See also Train routes in the Netherlands#Train number series (series 600).
- The train has a multisystem_locomotive which can use 1500 volt DC (Netherlands) and 3000 volt DC (Belgium).
- Thalys [1]: Amsterdam C - Schiphol Airport - The Hague HS - Rotterdam C - Antwerp Berchem - Brussels Midi -Paris Nord; twice a week also to Marne-La-Vallée-Chessy (Disneyland Resort Paris)
- The train can use 1500 volt DC (Netherlands), 3000 volt DC (Belgium) and 25000 volt AC 50 Hz (France).
- High-speed between Brussels and Paris.
- HSL-project: a new high-speed railway is being built between Schiphol Airport and Brussels.
- Amsterdam Centraal - Berlin Ostbahnhof, Germany, has stops in the Netherlands at::
- Amsterdam Centraal
- Amersfoort
- Deventer
- Hengelo
- (further see Transportation in Germany)
- Amsterdam Centraal - Cologne Hbf, Germany and further to Munich, Germany and Basel SBB, Switzerland and Vienna Westbf, Austria, partly by ICE [1], has stops in the Netherlands at:
- Amsterdam Centraal
- Duivendrecht (not all trains stop here)
- Utrecht Centraal
- Arnhem
- (further see Transportation in Germany)
There is a night service, called Nachtnet (Night Network, although it is just a single U-shaped line) with an hourly service connecting Rotterdam Central, Delft, The Hague Central, Leiden Central, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Central, Utrecht Central. Due to the U-shape, the travelling time from the first four stations to Utrecht is longer than during the day. (Little map)
See Rush hour#Netherlands.
For metro and tram there are no night services. There are night buses in a number of cities, usually on Friday and Saturday night only, sometimes only during the first part of the night, and per line often in one direction only; e.g. de Connexxion-Niteliner [1].
A public transport pass for train (2nd class), bus, metro and tram costs 3099.50 euro/year (2004). It is also valid on the ferries Vlissingen-Breskens, Amsterdam-IJmuiden and Rotterdam-Dordrecht. It is not valid on most other ferries, nor on the Thalys. Night services by train are included, those by bus are not.
(see also Airports below)
All metros, trams and buses (except the neighborhood buses and night buses) share the National Tariff System.
Randstad Rail is a plan (expected to be operative in 2006) to:
There are plans for the construction of a light rail line between Maastricht and Kerkrade.
See also RijnGouweLijn.
A special bus line is the Zuidtangent, which has largely its own bus lane, with priority at crossings [1].
Bus companies include Arriva, Connex, Connexxion, Hermes, NoordNed, Syntus.
Hermes operates in the southeast of the Netherlands, see [1].
total:
125,575 km
National highways (incomplete) (see [1]):
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen)
total:
563 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,035,899 GRT/4,576,841 DWT
See List of airports in the Netherlands
Oddly and unfortunately, for large parts of the Netherlands bus line maps do not seem to be available on the web. However, they are often posted at bus stops and can sometimes also be obtained on paper in bus information offices (sometimes in a less detailed version, e.g. without bus stops being marked). Connexxion has 13 maps on paper that can be sent by mail on request, see [1].
General map showing railways and stations well (i.e. also in smaller scales), but, oddly, without station names:
For general maps see also Geography of the Netherlands#External links. There are hardly any maps on Internet that show virtually all streets as well as tram or bus lines (the maps of Dordrecht and Werkendam mentioned above seem to be the only ones, with on the latter not all lines). However, such maps are available on paper for many cities.Night service
Off-Peak Discount Pass
Public transport in general
Other public transport
Metro
(all standard gauge (1.435 m))Tram / light rail
(all standard gauge (1.435 m))
Randstad Rail and other lightrail projects
(see www.randstadrail.nl).Bus
Arnhem has an electric trolleybus system.Highways
paved:
113,018 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved:
12,557 km (1998 est.)Waterways
5,046 km, of which 47% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacity or larger, see List of waterways and [1].Pipelines
crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 kmPorts and harbors
Merchant marine
ships by type:
bulk 3, cargo 343, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 2, container 56, liquified gas 20, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 8, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 25, refrigerated cargo 32, roll-on/roll-off 16, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 5 (1999 est.)
note:
many Dutch-owned ships are also operating under the registry of Netherlands Antilles (1998 est.)
Airports
See also
External links
Railway maps:
Line maps for other public transport:
The maps of Carto Studio's site [1], though meant only as examples, may also be of some use.Maps showing all streets and also public transport
General maps showing railways well, but stations only in larger scales,
General map showing railways well, but stations only when highly zoomed in, and no station names:
Of these three, only the NS map shows metro lines, without stations, and none show tram or bus lines. www.ovr.nl shows only the single bus stop concerned on the map, not the line or the other stops.
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