List of railway lines in the Netherlands

Electrification of the rail network:

electrified 1500 V DC

electrified 25 kV AC 50 Hz

electrified 3000 V DC (Belgium)

electrified 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz (Germany)

not electrified

Number of tracks in the rail network:

Single lane

Two lanes

3-lane

4-lane

Maximum speeds on the rail network

The Netherlands has a rail network of around 2800 km. Three quarters of them are electrified, one third is single-track. With the exception of a few narrow-gauge industrial railways , the railways in the Netherlands are built exclusively in standard gauge .

List of railway lines by province

In contrast to the motorways in the Netherlands and the railway lines in Belgium, no line numbers are used for the railway lines, so the lines simply have the name of the start and end station.

Groningen

• Groningen – Delfzijl railway line
• Groningen – Weiwerd railway line (raised)
• Harlingen – Nieuwe Schans railway line
• Jhrhove – Nieuwe Schans railway line
• Meppel – Groningen railway line
• Groningen – Roodeschool railway line
• Stadskanaal – Zuidbroek railway line
• Railway line Winsum – Zoutkamp (raised)
• Railway line Zuidbroek – Delfzijl (raised)
• Railway line Zwolle – Stadskanaal

Friesland

• Arnhem – Leeuwarden railway line
• Harlingen – Nieuwe Schans railway line
• Leeuwarden – Anjum railway line (raised)
• Leeuwarden – Stavoren railway line
• Stiens – Harlingen railway line (raised)
• Tzummarum – Franeker railway line (raised)

Drenthe

• Arnhem – Leeuwarden railway line
• Gronau – Coevorden railway line
• Assen – Stadskanaal railway line (raised)
• Meppel – Groningen railway line
• Railway line Zwolle – Stadskanaal

Overijssel

• Almelo – Salzbergen railway line
• Apeldoorn – Deventer railway line
• Apeldoorn – Zwolle railway line (raised)
• Arnhem – Leeuwarden railway line
• Boekelo – Oldenzaal railway line (raised)
• Deventer – Almelo railway line
• Deventer – Ommen railway line
• Dortmund – Enschede railway line
• Glanerbrug – Losser railway line
• Enschede – Ahaus railway line
• Hattem – Kampen Zuid railway line
• Lelystad – Zwolle railway line
• Railway line Mariënberg – Almelo
• Neede – Hellendoorn railway line
• Doetinchem – Hengelo railway line
• Utrecht – Kampen railway line
• Zutphen – Glanerbeek railway line
• Railway line Zwolle – Almelo
• Railway line Zwolle – Stadskanaal
• Railway line Zwolle – Kampen

Flevoland

• Lelystad – Zwolle railway line
• Weesp – Lelystad railway line

Gelderland

• Railway line Amsterdam – Arnhem
• Railway line from Amsterdam to Zutphen
• Apeldoorn – Deventer railway line
• Apeldoorn – Zwolle railway line
• Arnhem – Nijmegen railway line
• Arnhem – Leeuwarden railway line
• Dieren – Apeldoorn railway line
• Elst – Dordrecht railway line
• Hattem – Kampen Zuid railway line
• Kesteren – Amersfoort railway line
• Nijkerk – Ede-Wageningen railway line
• Nijmegen – Kleve railway line
• Neede – Hellendoorn railway line
• Nijmegen – Venlo railway line
• Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line
• Rotterdam – Zevenaar railway line
• Doetinchem – Hengelo railway line
• Tilburg – Nijmegen railway line
• Utrecht – Boxtel railway line
• Utrecht – Kampen railway line
• Varsseveld – Dinxperlo railway line
• Winterswijk – Neede railway line
• Winterswijk – Zevenaar railway line
• Zevenaar – Kleve railway line
• Zutphen – Glanerbeek railway line
• Zutphen – Winterswijk railway line

Utrecht

• Aalsmeer – Nieuwersluis-Loenen railway line
• Railway line Amsterdam – Arnhem
• Railway line from Amsterdam to Zutphen
• De Bilt – Zeist railway line
• Railway line Den Dolder – Baarn
• De Haar – Rhenen railway line
• Harmelen – Breukelen railway line
• Hilversum – Lunetten railway line
• Kesteren – Amersfoort railway line
• Utrecht – Boxtel railway line
• Utrecht – Rotterdam railway line
• Utrecht – Kampen railway line
• Woerden – Leiden railway line

North Holland

• Aalsmeer – Amsterdam Willemspark railway line (closed to passenger and freight traffic since September 3, 1950 and May 28, 1972, respectively)
• Aalsmeer – Haarlem railway line (closed to passenger and freight traffic since December 31, 1935 and December 15, 1953)
• Aalsmeer – Nieuwersluis-Loenen railway line (closed to passenger and freight traffic since September 3, 1950 and June 1, 1986)
• Railway line from Amsterdam to Zutphen
• Railway line Amsterdam – Arnhem
• Railway line Amsterdam – Rotterdam
• Westringbahn
• Bovenkerk – Uithoorn railway line
• Haarlem – Uitgeest railway line
• Haarlem – Zandvoort railway line
• Heerhugowaard – Hoorn railway line
• Hilversum – Lunetten railway line
• Hoofddorp – Leiden Heerensingel railway line (closed to passenger and freight traffic since December 31, 1935)
• Railway line Hoorn – Medemblik (today: Stoomtram Hoorn – Medemblik)
• Railway line Nieuwediep – Amsterdam
• Railway line Santpoort Noord – IJmuiden (closed for passenger and freight traffic since September 25, 1983 and 1999 respectively)
• HSL Zuid ( high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp )
• St. Pancras – Broek op Langedijk railway line
• Uithoorn – Alphen aan den Rijn railway line (closed to passenger and freight traffic since December 31, 1935)
• Schiphol route
• Flevo route
• Zaandam – Enkhuizen railway line

South Holland

• Railway line Amsterdam – Rotterdam
• Breda – Rotterdam railway line
• The Hague CS – Zoetermeer railway line
• Elst – Dordrecht railway line
• Gouda – Alphen aan den Rijn railway line
• Gouda – The Hague railway line
• Hoofddorp – Leiden Heerensingel railway line
• Rotterdam – Zevenaar railway line
• Schiedam – Hoek van Holland railway line
• HSL Zuid ( high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp )
• Uithoorn – Alphen aan den Rijn railway line
• Utrecht – Rotterdam railway line
• Weesp – Leiden railway line
• Woerden – Leiden railway line
• Havenspoorlijn

Zeeland

• Ghent – ​​Terneuzen railway line
• Lewedorp – Vlissingen Sloehaven railway line
• Mechelen – Terneuzen railway line
• Roosendaal – Vlissingen railway line

North Brabant

• HSL Zuid ( high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp )
• Railway line Antwerp – Lage Zwaluwe
• Boxtel – Büderich railway line
• Breda – Eindhoven railway line
• Breda – Rotterdam railway line
• Eindhoven – Weert railway line
• Nijmegen – Venlo railway line
• Roosendaal – Breda railway line
• Roosendaal – Vlissingen railway line
• Tilburg – Nijmegen railway line
• Utrecht – Boxtel railway line
• Venlo – Eindhoven railway line

Limburg

• Boxtel – Büderich railway line
• Eindhoven – Weert railway line
• Haltern – Venlo railway line
• Heerlen – Schin op Geul railway line
• Liège – Maastricht railway line
• Maastricht – Hasselt railway line
• Aachen – Maastricht railway line
• Nijmegen – Venlo railway line
• Schaesberg – Simpelveld railway line
• Sittard – Herzogenrath railway line

List of cross-border rail routes

Rail routes from / to Belgium

• HSL Zuid ( high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp )
• Railway line Antwerp – Lage Zwaluwe
• Winterslag – Eindhoven railway line
• Maastricht – Hasselt railway line
• Tilburg – Turnhout railway line
• Liège – Maastricht railway line
• Mechelen – Terneuzen railway line
• Ghent – ​​Terneuzen railway line

Rail routes with Germany

• Almelo – Salzbergen railway line
• Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line
• Railway line Gronau – Bentheim – Coevorden (Bentheim Railway)
• Boxtel – Büderich railway line (German line)
• Münster – Glanerbeek railway line
• Dortmund – Glanerbeek railway line
• Enschede-Zuid – Ahaus railway line
• Büderich – Venlo railway line
• Ihrhove – Nieuweschans railway line
• Nijmegen – Kleve railway line
• Aachen – Maastricht railway line
• Sittard – Heerlen – Herzogenrath railway line
• Venlo – Viersen railway line
• Weert – Roermond railway line (Iron Rhine)
• Railway line Winterswijk – Bocholt (Bocholter Bahn)
• Zevenaar – Kleve railway line
• Winterswijk – Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck railway line

New railway lines

• 1973 Location Zwaluwe - Moerdijk (freight traffic only)
• 1975 The Hague CS - The Hague Laan van NOI
• 1976 The Hague HS - The Hague CS
• 1977 Europoort - Maasvlakte (freight traffic only)
• 1977 Leidschendam - Voorburg - Zoetermeer - Meerzicht ( Zoetermeer Stadslijn ; 1st section)
• 1977 Zoetermeer Centrum West - Palenstein (Zoetermeer Stadslijn; 1st section)
• 1978 route connection Eemshaven - Roodeschool (freight traffic only)
• 1978 Zoetermeer Palenstein - Seghwaert (Zoetermeer Stadslijn; 2nd section)
• 1978 Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Zuid ( Schiphollijn ; 1st section)
• 1979 Zoetermeer Seghwaert - Meerzicht (Zoetermeer Stadslijn; 3rd section)
• 1981 Maarn - Rhenen (Veenendaallijn)
• 1981 Schiphol Airport - Leiden (Schiphollijn; 2nd section)
• 1981 Amsterdam Zuid - Amsterdam RAI (Schiphollinie; 2nd section)
• 1983 Zaandam - Hemtunnel - Amsterdam Sloterdijk Noord
• 1983 Amsterdam Westhaven - Houtrakpolder - Hemtunnel
• 1986 Schiphol - Sloterdijk - Amsterdam Centraal (Schiphollijn; 3rd section; Westtak Ringspoorbaan )
• 1987 Weesp - Almere Buiten (Flevolijn; 2nd section)
• 1988 Almere Buiten - Lelystad (Flevolijn; 2nd section)
• 1992 Heerlen - Herzogenrath (*)
• 1993 Amsterdam RAI - Weesp ( Schiphollijn 3rd section)
• 2001 Enschede - Gronau (Westphalia) (*)
• 2003 Hemboog between Amsterdam Lelylaan en Zaandam
• 2003 Gooiboog between Naarden - Bussum and Almere Muziekwijk
• 2005 Schiedam - Rotterdam Noord (reopening)
• 2006 Utrechtboog between Amsterdam RAI and Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena .
• 2007 Rotterdam - Zevenaar (Betuweroute) (freight traffic only)
• 2007 HSL Zuid high-speed line (opening: 2009 )
• 2008 Lewedorp - Vlissingen Sloehaven (freight traffic only)
• 2011 Veendam - Zuidbroek (*)
• 2012 Lelystad - Zwolle

(*): Recommissioning of a railway line for passenger trains that was either not used at all or only used by freight traffic.

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