Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij

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The Dutch Rhenish Railway or Dutch–Rhenish Railway (Dutch: 'Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg' or Nederlandsche Rhijn-Spoorweg) was a Dutch railway company active from 1845 until 1890.

Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS)

Platform of the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij in Utrecht in 1866, later Utrecht CS
Overview
Headquarters	Utrecht
Locale	The Netherlands
Dates of operation	1845–1890
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Previous gauge	1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in)
Length	118 km (73 mi) constructed, 240 km (150 mi) operated
Route map Utrecht - Rotterdam Gouda - The Hague Amsterdam - Emmerik Harmelen - Breukelen Zevenaar - Cleves Woerden - Leiden

History

107 in the interior area of the Utrecht Railway Museum

The Dutch Rhenish Railway Company Limited was founded in Amsterdam on 3 July 1845^[1] to take over the state-run Rhenish Railway, which was losing money. The majority of the shareholders were British.^[2] In or shortly after 1857, James Staats Forbes was appointed general manager for five years. He remained a permanent adviser to the company until its concession expired and it was nationalised in 1890.^[3] The Dutch businessman and politician Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen started his career at DRR as a clerk, but was soon promoted to freight transport manager.^{[citation needed]}

Locomotive number 107, Sharp Stewart 3563/1889, is preserved in the Utrecht Railway Museum.^[4]

Lines

Lines built and operated by the Dutch Rhenish Railway include:

• The Utrecht – Rotterdam line, opened in 1855^[5]
• The extension of the Rhenish Railway to Germany, opened in 1856
• The Zevenaar – Cleves line, opened in 1865
• The Harmelen – Breukelen line, opened in 1869
• The Gouda – The Hague line, opened in 1870.

See also

• Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
• History of rail transport in the Netherlands