🇳🇱 Operator
Train routes operated by NS
5 routes · classic 5
NS runs 5 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 959 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Intercity Vlissingen at 218 km; the fastest is the Intercity Direct, running up to 200 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1865.
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- 5
- Total length
- 959 km
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Fastest
- Intercity Direct · 200 km/h
- Longest
- Intercity Vlissingen · 218 km
- Oldest line here
- 1865
Classic (5)
- Intercity Vlissingen
The long way to the sea: Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, then over the Hollands Diep into Zeeland and along the Scheldt through Goes and Middelburg to Vlissingen, on rails finished in 1873.
Wikipedia ↗ - Intercity
Double-deck VIRM Intercitys run almost the whole length of the country to Maastricht, the old Dutch city on the Meuse near the Belgian border.
- Intercity
The northbound Intercity crosses the young Flevoland polders on the Hanzelijn — the Almere–Lelystad stretch past the Oostvaardersplassen wetlands was voted the Netherlands’ most beautiful train journey by NS passengers in 2016 — then skirts the low Hondsrug ridge to Groningen in a little over two hours.
- Intercity Den Helder–Nijmegen
Coast to the German border in one train: from Den Helder at the tip of North Holland through Alkmaar and Amsterdam, then Utrecht, the edge of the Veluwe and Arnhem to Nijmegen on the Waal.
- Intercity Direct
New ICNG trains take the HSL-Zuid high-speed line, hitting 200 km/h as they link Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda without a change.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does NS run?
5 of the routes in this atlas are NS services, covering 959 km across 1 country (Netherlands). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest NS train?
The Intercity Direct, Amsterdam to Breda, at up to 200 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 1 h 8 min over 123 km.
Does NS run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 5 NS routes listed here are daytime services.
Which is the longest NS route?
The Intercity Vlissingen, 218 km from Amsterdam to Vlissingen, taking 2 h 44 min at its fastest. The oldest line NS runs over here opened in 1865.
Countries NS runs in
- 🇳🇱 Train routes in Netherlands 15 routes
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- European Sleeper 2 routes