Railway Operators in The Netherlands
Veolia Cargo Nederland, rail4chem Benelux and ITL Benelux have now all been taken over by SNCF Fret Benelux (see stock list for Belgium).

NS - Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Network length, gauge and electrification (2006):

NS Reizigers operates passenger trains (both InterCity and local) over the core railway network in The Netherlands. Regional networks have and are still being tendered, and some private operators have taken over parts of the network. From 2007 (high-speed) international trains are operated by NS Hispeed.
In 2010 NS passenger traffic grew by 0.3% to 16.4 billion passenger-km.

Website: http://www.ns.nl/

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AN - Arriva Nederland

Network length, gauge and electrification (1999):

In 1999 and 2000 private railway Noordned took over the operation of local trains on the lines radiating from from Leeuwarden and Groningen (Leeuwarden-Harlingen, Leeuwarden-Stavoren, Leeuwarden-Groningen, Groningen-Roodeschool, Groningen-Delfzijl and Groningen-Nieuweschans). Noordned was later acquired by Arriva, and since December 2005 the service is operated as Arriva Nederland. New stock has been ordered for the lines, including the line from Nieuweschans to Leer in Germany.
In 2006 Arriva also won the tender to operate the Merwede-Lingelijn Dordrecht-Gorinchem-Geldermalsen from December 2006. In the beginning hired trainsets from NSR are used, new electric trainsets have been ordered from Stadler.

From December 2012 Arriva will take over operations from Syntus/NS on Zutphen-Winterswijk, Zutphen-Apeldoorn, Arnhem-Winterswijk, Arnhem-Tiel, and from NS on Zwolle-Emmen. In 2013 Almelo-Mariënberg (now operated by Connexxion) will follow.

Website: http://www.arriva.nl/

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CXX - Connexxion

Network length, gauge and electrification (2006):

Already for quite a few years Connexxion runs trains on Almelo-Mariënberg, but these are actually operated by Syntus. In December 2006 Connexxion took over the passenger trains on Amersfoort-Ede=Wageningen from NSR. New trainsets have entered service. In December 2013 Almelo-Mariënberg will be taken over by Arriva.

Website: http://www.connexxion.nl/

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DB - DB Schenker Rail Nederland N.V.

Network length, gauge and electrification (2003):

After the split-up of the "old" NS, freight was handled by NS Cargo. NS Cargo merged into Railion, and became Railion Benelux. In September 2003 this name was changed again into Railion Nederland. In February 2009 the "final" name became DB Schenker Rail Nederland N.V.
In 2007 Railion Nederland transported 31.9 million tonnes of freight, 0.8 million tonnes more than in 2006 (+2.5%). In tonne-km the amount of freight was 4.68 billion.

Website: http://www.rail.dbschenker.nl/

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EETC - Euro-Express-Treincharter BV

Network length, gauge and electrification (2010):

Euro-Express-Treincharter has bought many coaches second-hand from NS Internationaal. EETC operates the Ski Trein (holiday trains during the winter season to Austria), the Alpen Expres (winter holiday trains to France) and the AutoSlaap Trein (summer holiday trains with your car to France and Italy). The trains are hauled by locomotives of other companies.

Since the beginning of 2010 EETC has its own licence for operating trains, for the time being without passengers. They perform shunting duties on behalf of DB Autozug at Watergraafsmeer Yard and run empty stock between Watergraafsmeer Yard and Amsterdam Central Station.

Website: http://www.eetc.nl/

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ERS - ERS Railways B.V.

Network length, gauge and electrification (2002):

ERS Railways runs container trains with own traction from the port of Rotterdam to inland destinations in Czechia, Poland, Germany and Italy. It is a subsidiary of European Rail Shuttle B.V. (fully owned by a shipping company Maersk Line).

Website: http://www.ersrail.com/

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HTRS - HUSA Transportation Rail Services

Network length, gauge and electrification (2002):

This company started as ACTS in 2002, and was very famous for its type of containers that can easily be moved from a wagon to a truck. This is a common way to transport waste in The Netherlands. The company now operates freight trains anywhere in The Netherlands. At the end of 2007 a subsidiary Portfeeders was founded for shunting operations in the port of Rotterdam.
Since the start of 2011 ACTS is officially part of HUSA Transportation Railway Services. Most of the locomotives have recently been repainted in the HUSA livery.

Website: http://www.husatransportation.com/

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RRF - Rotterdam Rail Feeding

Network length, gauge and electrification (2004):

This company started its services in 2004. Its intentions are to provide shunting services at freight terminals when a rail operator does not have a shunting locomotive available. The first locomotive started shunting in Ede-Wageningen on behalf of Rail4Chem in December 2004.
In April 2008 RRF was bought by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. from the USA. This company operates many "shortlines" in the USA and provides shunting services in many ports all over the world.

Website: http://www.railfeeding.nl/

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Shunter - Shunter Tractie B.V.

Network length, gauge and electrification (2007):

Shunter does not operate its own trains, but has a major repair shop in Rotterdam for locomotives. They also have a fleet of diesel locomotives and shunters that can be hired, by main line operators and by industrial users.

Website: http://www.shunter.nl/

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Syntus - Syntus B.V.

Network length, gauge and electrification (1999):

From May 1999 this new private railway company, a cooperation of NS and bus operator Oostnet, took over the service on the NS lines Zutphen-Winterswijk and Winterswijk-Doetinchem. At first second-hand rolling stock was used, but in total 19 new light-rail DMUs (LINT) entered service from May 2001 on. They also took over the stock of Oostnet (now retired), and operate trains on Almelo-Mariënberg too. On 1 April 2005 they started operation of Arnhem-Tiel, taken over from NSR.
From December 2012 the train operation of Syntus will be taken over by Arriva, that won the tender in December 2009, except for Zutphen-Hengelo-Oldenzaal.

Website: http://www.syntus.nl/

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Veolia - Veolia Transport Nederland B.V.

Network length, gauge and electrification (2006):

Veolia Transport Nederland is a subsidiary of the well-known company Veolia (former Connex) in France. In The Netherlands they won the tender to operate the regional lines Nijmegen-Venlo-Roermond and Maastricht Randwijck-Maastricht-Heerlen-Kerkrade from December 2006. These lines were previously operated by NSR. For all lines new stock (diesel and electric trainsets from Stadler) was ordered.
Already in early 2006 Veolia started to operate open-access freight trains in The Netherlands, using locomotives from subsidiaries in Germany. The freight operation has now been taken over by SNCF Fret Benelux, in the mean time renamed into Captrain Benelux.

Websites: http://www.veolia-transport.nl/

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Stock/track maintenance companies

Network length, gauge and electrification (2003):

The following companies are responsible for stock (Nedtrain) and track (other) maintenance. Apart from the locomotives and shunters in the stock lists, the maintenance companies also have specialised stock like tampers.

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Last update: 04-12-2011