Nederlandse Spoorwegen
principal Dutch passenger railway operator
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.
References
change- ↑ "Geconsolideerd overzicht van het totaalresultaat 2016". nsjaarsverslag.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Annual report 2010". Nederlandse Spoorwegen. 2011-01-01. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-18.