Nederlandse Spoorwegen facts for kids
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| Industry | Rail transport |
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| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Rail transport, rail construction, services |
| Revenue |  €4.9 billion (2015) |
| €212 million (2016) |
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Number of employees
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34,000 (2015) |
| Parent | Netherlands |
| Subsidiaries | Abellio Abellio Greater Anglia Serco-Abellio 50% Merseyrail 50% ScotRail |
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (English: Dutch Railways) 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.
NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. In addition, NS provides international rail services from Abellio which runs Abellio Greater Anglia, Merseyrail and ScotRail in the United Kingdom.
Images for kids
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The Hoofdgebouw I (Main Building I) complex in Utrecht, former Nederlandse Spoorwegen headquarters and nowadays the office of DB Cargo in the Netherlands
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Protests against neoliberal policies in 1983
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Current headquarters in Utrecht
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NS trains at Arnhem Centraal
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A NS Dagretour (one-time chip card), from Rijssen to Almelo and back.
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Logo at Maastricht station in 2010
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Merseyrail Class 508 at Ellesmere Port in June 2012
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Abellio Greater Anglia Class 90 at Stratford in October 2014
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NS International ICE 3 in June 2014
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See also
In Spanish: Nederlandse Spoorwegen para niños
