Transportation in the Netherlands
Transportation in the Netherlands
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Two railway arcs will be ready in December 2003:
The rail capacity supplied by ProRail is used by five public transport operators (see below) as well as cargo operators: Railion, ERS, ACTS, Shortlines. Also there is Herik Rail, with seven carriages, where trains can be chartered for parties, meetings, etc. The other charter train company is the NESM Nostalgie Expresse; this company makes a lot of trips with historic (steam) trains. They also run some dance and partytrains.
See also:
There is a night service, called Nachtnet (Night Network, although it is just a single U-shaped line) with an hourly service connecting Rotterdam Central, Delft, The Hague Central, Leiden Central, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Central, Utrecht Central. Due to the U-shape, the travelling time from the first four stations to Utrecht is longer than during the day.
A public transport pass for train (2nd class), bus, metro and tram costs 2928.50 euro/year (2004: 3099.50). It is also valid on the ferries Vlissingen-Breskens, Amsterdam-IJmuiden and Rotterdam-Dordrecht. It is not valid on most other ferries, nor on the Thalys.
(see also Airports below)
All metros, trams and buses (except the neighborhood buses) share the National Tariff System.
In 2003 construction will start of a light rail line between Maastricht and Kerkrade.
See also RijnGouweLijn.
A special bus line is the Zuidtangent, which has largely its own bus lane, with priority at crossings.
Bus companies include Arriva, Connex, Connexxion, Hermes, NoordNed, Syntus.
Hermes operates in the southeast of the Netherlands, see [1].
Highways:
National highways (incomplete) (see [1]):
Waterways:
5,046 km, of which 47% is usable by craft of 1,000 metric ton capacity or larger, see List of waterways and [1].
Pipelines:
crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas 10,230 km
Ports and harbors:
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen)
Merchant marine:
Airports:
28 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Heliports:
1 (1999 est.)
Rail transport (heavy rail)
Railway tracks
(2001)
Two new lines are being constructed: the HSL (see below) and a freight line from Rotterdam to Germany, the Betuweroute. [1]
Railway maps:
Railways for public transport
Trains have 1st and 2nd class.International trains
Night service
Public transport in general
Other public transport
Metro
(all standard gauge (1.435 m))Tram / light rail
(all standard gauge (1.435 m))
Randstad Rail is a plan (expected to be operative in 2006) to:
(see www.randstadrail.nl).Bus
Arnhem has an electric trolleybus system.Other transport
total:
125,575 km
paved:
113,018 km (including 2,235 km of expressways)
unpaved:
12,557 km (1998 est.)
total:
563 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,035,899 GRT/4,576,841 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 3, cargo 343, chemical tanker 41, combination bulk 2, container 56, liquified gas 20, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 8, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 25, refrigerated cargo 32, roll-on/roll-off 16, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 5 (1999 est.)
note:
many Dutch-owned ships are also operating under the registry of Netherlands Antilles (1998 est.)
total:
19
over 3,047 m:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
6
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m:
1 (1999 est.)
The largest airport by far is Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, which is actually one of the largest of Europe. Smaller airports with regular passenger service are Zestienhoven near Rotterdam, Eelde near Groningen, Twenthe airport near Enschede, Eindhoven airport and Maastricht-Aachen airport.
total:
9
914 to 1,523 m:
3
under 914 m:
6 (1999 est.)
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