principal Dutch passenger railway operator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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)[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.
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