Train routes in the Netherlands

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Contents

1 Train routes by timetable number

1.1 Non-electrified lines
1.2 Crossing lines
1.3 Railway triangles

2 Future train routes

3 Train number series

4 Train routes with reversal of direction

5 Stretches with four tracks

6 Links to main cities in the railway network, arranged according to location

7 External links

Train routes by timetable number

Train routes in the Netherlands are identified by numbers. The routes are listed here using abbreviations for the station names and in the order corresponding to direction "a" in the official timetable. Reading each list backwards corresponds to direction "b" in the timetable. [1] (http://railweb.techsite.cz/mapy/mnls.jpg) is a map showing these table numbers, while [2] (http://www.ns.nl/graphics/pdf/kaart.pdf) shows the full names of all stations, as well as the distances.

Long distance trains often cover several of these routes, see the next section.

The abbreviations of station names used are the official ones. To find the full names see the map mentioned above, or http://www.treinen.demon.nl/htm/station.htm for a list, or type the abbreviation in http://www.ns.nl/domestic/domestic.cgi?Domestic/Station+Facilities/Facilities+per+Station which converts the abbreviation to the full name and also gives station information.

For schedules and maps of routes see http://www.ns.nl/domestic/domestic.cgi?Domestic/Journey+and+Price/Planner+Plus

10: asd, ass, asdl, shl, hfd, nvp, ledn, dvnk, vst, gvm, laa, gvc/gv
- ass, hlms, hlm, had, hil, vh, ledn
11: gvc, gv, gvmw, rsw, dt, dtz, sdm, rtd, rtb, rtz, rlb, brd, zwd, ddr, ddzd, zlw, zvb, odb, rsd, bgn, rb, kbd, krg, bzl, gs, arn, mdb, vss, vs
13: hlm, bll, sptz, sptn, drh, bv, hk, utg, cas, hlo, amr, amrn, hwd, obd, hn
14: ledn, ldl, apn, bdg, wd
15: apn, bsk, wadn, wad, gd
16: gvc, laa, vbl, ldv, ztmv, zcw, ztmd, dtwa, dmp, ztmm, ztmb, ley, ztml, ztms, ztmp, zsh, zcw, ztmv, ldv
17: gvc, laa, vbl, ldv, pnk, rdr, rtwp, rtkw, rtbw, rth - Hofplein Line, the first electrified line in the country (1908)
18: hlds, hld, msw, mss, vdw, vdg, vdo, nwl, sdm, rtd
19: ddr, ddrs, sdt, gnd, gr, akl, ldm, bsd, gdm
20: hdr, hdrz, ana, sgn, hwd, amrn, amr, hlo, cas, utg, kma, wm, kzd, kbw, zd, ass, asd, asdm, asa, dvd, asb, ac, bkl, mas, ut
21: {asd, ass} / {hfd}, shl, asdl}, zd, zdk, pmr, pmo, hn, hnk, hks, bkg, bkf, ekz
22: hlm, ovm, zvt
23: htn, htnc
24: ut, utl, htn, cl, gdm, zbm, ht, vg, btl, beth, ehb, ehv
- gdm, tl
25: ehv, gp, hze, wt, rm, ec, srn, std, lut, bk, bde, mt
26: mtr, mt, mes, sgl, vk, sog, kmr, vdl, hrl, lg, egh, cvm, krd
27: ddr, ddzd, zlw, bdpb, bd, gz, tbr, tbwt, tb, ot, btl, beth, ehb, ehv, hmh, hm, hmbh, dn, hrt, br, vl
29: nm, nmh, ck, bmr, vlb, vry, br, vl, tg, rv, sm, rm
30: dvd, dmnz, wp, almm, alm, almp, almb, lls
31: wd, bkl
32: wp/almm, ndb, bsmz, hvsn, hvs, hvsp, hor, uto, ut
33: ut, bnk, db, mrn, klp, ed, wf, otb, ah
40: asd, asdm, dmn, wp, ndb, bsmz, hvsn, hvs, brn, amf
41: amf, apd, dv, dvc, hon, rsn, wdn, aml
42: ut, uto, bhv, dld, amf, dld, bhv, uto, ut, bnk, db, mrn, klp, ed
50: gvc, vb, ztm, ztmo, gd, gdg, wd, vtn, utt, ut
- rtd, rtn, rta, cps, nwk, gd
51: amf, amfs, nkk, pt, eml, hd, ns, hde, wz, zl, mp, hgv, bl, asn, hrn, gn
- zl, mp, swk, wv, hr, akm, gw, lw
60: zl, wh, ost, dv, zp, bmn, dr, rh, vp, ahpr, ahp, ah, est, nml, nm
61: nm, nmd, wc, rvs, o, ow, rs, hto, ht, tb, tbwt, tbr, gz, bd, etn, rsd
63: zw, kpn
64: zl, dl, omn, mrb, hdb, gbg, co, dln, na, emnb, emn
65: zl, hno, rat, nvd, wdn, aml, amri, bn, hgl, esd, es
(some not listed here, all non-electrified, see below)

For a given departure and arrival station such lists can be conveniently produced by extracting them from the trainroute in the source code of the webpage produced by requesting a journey advice from http://www.ns.nl/domestic/ .

Non-electrified lines

(with timetable number)

Groningen-Delfzijl 84
Groningen-Roodeschool 83
Groningen-Nieuweschans Grens 85
Groningen-Leeuwarden 80
Leeuwarden-Harlingen 81
Leeuwarden-Stavoren 82
Zwolle-Kampen 63
Zwolle-Wierden 65
Almelo-Marienberg 72
Zutphen-Hengelo 73
Enschede-Glanerbrug Grens 522
Zutphen-Apeldoorn 67
Zutphen-Winterswijk 71
Arnhem-Winterswijk 70
Arnhem-Tiel 68
Nijmegen-Roermond 29
Landgraaf-Landgraaf Grens 525

Crossing lines

(not including just crossing tracks, such as fly-overs at a junction)

See Train station#Train stations at a crossing.

Without station:

10/11 and 50
16 crossing itself
17 and 50 (both branches)
The HSL being constructed crosses 14, 50 and 61.

Railway triangles

Normally a railway junction means a location from where there are railway lines in three directions A, B and C, where trains coming from A can go to B and C, while to go from B to C the train has to reverse direction. Sometimes there is also a nearby arc from B to C, hence a small triangle of lines:

Gooiboog: Weesp, Almere, Naarden-Bussum
The triangle Den Haag Centraal, Den Haag HS, Den Haag Laan van NOI, with additionally a line from Den Haag Centraal to Voorburg, crossing the line between the other two (see below)

Triangles without regular passenger traffic on one or two of the sides:

west of Haarlem
Rotterdam west: Sporendriehoek (track triangle)
Den Haag HS, Den Haag CS, Voorburg, with additionally a line from Den Haag HS to Den Haag Laan van NOI (see above)
Diemen-Zuid, Watergraafsmeer yard (bypassing Diemen), Weesp
Haren, Groningen, Kropswolde
Amsterdam Centraal, Hemhaven, Zaandam (bypassing Amsterdam Sloterdijk)

Two crossing lines and an arc:

Hemboog at Amsterdam Sloterdijk. This bypasses the Amsterdam Sloterdijk station and provides a direct connection between Schiphol and Zaandam / Hoorn. It would also allow a direct train service from Schiphol to Alkmaar, but that is not provided yet due to a lack of capacity.
The Utrechtboog at Duivendrecht, which connects the lines Amsterdam CS-Bijlmer-Utrecht CS and Weesp-Schiphol-Nieuw Vennep-Leiden. Until the construction of the Utrechtboog is done (dec 2005), passengers from Utrecht have to change trains at Duivendrecht when traveling to the airport. Schiphol can also be reached by a direct local train from Utrecht via Hilversum, which is about 15 minutes slower.

Future train routes

There are a couple of new train projects in the Netherlands being either established or investigated. *The Betuwelijn will be a freight line connecting Rotterdam with the German Ruhr area.

The HSL (Hoge Snelheidslijn, High-speed Line) will provide a faster connection between Amsterdam Central Station, Schiphol airport, The Hague, Rotterdam and onward to the Belgian cities Antwerp and Brussels, where it connects to the already existing high-speed line to Paris, France. This line is being worked on right now, and should be done in 2007.
The Hanzelijn would connect Lelystad with Zwolle, via Dronten. This line is almost definitely being made, and would shorten the travelling time between the Randstad and the northern provinces.
There are investigations about a Magnetic levitation train line between Amsterdam, Flevoland and Groningen to shorten that travelling time even more.
Randstad Rail is reconstructing the Hofpleinlijn between Rotterdam and The Hague, merging it with the Rotterdam metro. In the Hague the Zoetermeerlijn is to be merged with the city tram system.
The connection between Maastricht and the Belgian Lanaken is being reopened, for freight trains only at first. There are plans for a light rail connection between these two places, and extentions to the bigger Belgian city of Hasselt.

Train number series

Below are the train routes in the Netherlands with starting number of the train number series, not to be confused with the numbers of locomotives, rail cars or train-sets, or with the table numbers of routes in the paper timetable, given in the previous section.

IC: intercity, EC: EuroCity D: semi-fast train, R: stoptrein, LR: light rail, ICE: Intercity Express International, THA: Thalys, B: Boat train Hoek van Holland, RB: DB Regionalbahn, RE: RegionalExpress, CNL: CityNightLine

104,105 EC Amsterdam Centraal - Basel. Operated daily by the ICE train.
120, 220 ICE Amsterdam Centraal - Frankfurt am Main Hbf
140 IC Schiphol - Berlin Ostbahnhof
300 CNL Amsterdam Centraal - Zürich HB. An overnight sleeper train.
400 B Rotterdam Centraal - Hoek van Holland Haven
500 IC Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal - Groningen / Leeuwarden
600 IC *Amsterdam C (asd) - Schiphol Airport (shl) - The Hague HS (gv) - Rotterdam C (rtd) - Dordrecht (ddr) - Roosendaal (rsd) - Antwerp Berchem - Mechelen - Brussels North - Brussels C - Brussels South. This train is called the Benelux train. The train can use 1500 volt DC (Netherlands) and 3000 volt DC (Belgium). For details see [3] (http://www.treinspotter.nl/benelux/bnl.htm) (in Dutch), and also [4] (http://www.b-rail.be/internat/E/destination/holland/day_timetablesin.html), [5] (http://www.b-rail.be/internat/E/destination/holland/day_timetablesout.html)
700 IC Schiphol / Amsterdam Centraal - Groningen / Leeuwarden
800 IC Haarlem - Maastricht
900 IC Haarlem - Heerlen
1400 D Rotterdam Centraal (rtd) - Delft (dt) - The Hague Centraal (gvc) - Leiden Centraal (ledn) - Schiphol Airport (shl) - Amsterdam Centraal (asd) - Utrecht Centraal (ut). Runs at night, is called Nachtnet (Nighttrain) and has an hourly service. Due to the U-shape of the route, the travelling time from the first four stations to Utrecht is longer than during the day. See also below.
1500 IC Den Haag Centraal / Rotterdam Centraal - Enschede
1600 IC Schiphol / Amsterdam Centraal - Enschede
1900 IC Den Haag Centraal - Venlo
2000 IC Nijmegen - Rotterdam Centraal / Den Haag Centraal
2100 IC Amsterdam Centraal - Vlissingen
2200 D Amsterdam Centraal - Dordrecht - Tilburg
2500 IC Den Haag Centraal - Heerlen
2600 D Den Haag Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal
2700 R Roosendaal - Antwerpen- Berchem
3000 IC Nijmegen - Den Helder
3400 D Den Haag Centraal - Hoorn
3500 IC Amsterdam - Eindhoven
3600 D Zwolle - Roosendaal
3800 D Zwolle - Emmen
3900 D Lelystad Centrum - Amsterdam Centraal
4000 R Amsterdam Centraal - Woerden - Rotterdam Centraal
4100 R Rotterdam Centraal - Hoek van Holland Strand
4200 R Rotterdam Centraal - Maassluis West
4300 R Lelystad Centrum - Hoofddorp
4400 R 's-Hertogenbosch - Nijmegen
4500 R Almere Buiten - Amsterdam Centraal - Enkhuizen
4700 R Amsterdam Centraal - Alkmaar
4800 R Amsterdam Centraal - Uitgeest
5100 R Den Haag Centraal - Roosendaal
5200 R Tilburg West - Deurne
5300 R Maastricht - Liège-Guillemins. Run by NMBS
5400 R Haarlem - Zandvoort aan Zee
5500 R Utrecht Centraal - Baarn
5600 R Zwolle - Utrecht Centraal
5700 R Utrecht Centraal - Leiden Centraal through Schiphol
5800 D Amersfoort Schothorst - Amsterdam Centraal
5900 R Utrecht Centraal - Rhenen
6000 R Utrecht Centraal - Tiel
6100 R Arnhem - Tiel
6200 D Nijmegen - Roermond
6300 R Den Haag Centraal - Haarlem
6400 R Eindhoven - Weert
6500 R Eindhoven - Venlo
6600 R Maastricht Randwijck - Kerkrade Centrum
6800 R Maastricht Randwijck - Roermond
6900 R Heerlen - Roermond
7000 R Almelo - Deventer
7100 R Dordrecht - Geldermalsen
7200 R Zutphen - Oldenzaal
7300 R Utrecht Centraal - Amsterdam Centraal - Uitgeest
7400 R Ede-Wageningen - Amersfoort - Utrecht Centraal.
7500 R Ede-Wageningen - Arnhem
7600 R Zutphen - Nijmegen
7900 R Zwolle - Enschede
8000 R Zwolle - Emmen
8100 RE13 Venlo - Hamm
8500 R Zwolle - Kampen
8800 R Utrecht Centraal - Leiden Centraal
9000 LR Houten - Houten Castellum
9100 R Zwolle - Groningen
9300 THA Amsterdam Centraal - Paris North (Thalys)
9500 LR Gouda - Alphen aan den Rijn
9600 R 's-Hertogenbosch - Eindhoven - Deurne
9800 R Den Haag Centraal - Gouda Goverwelle
13300 R Den Haag Centraal - Zoetermeer Stadslijn Linksom
13600 R Den Haag Centraal - Rotterdam Hofplein
13700 R Den Haag Centraal - Zoetermeer Stadslijn Rechtsom
14600 R Roosendaal - Vlissingen
14700 RB20 Heerlen - Aachen Hbf - Stolberg Altstadt
15400 D Haarlem - Zandvoort aan Zee
16000 R 's-Hertogenbosch - Geldermalsen(- Utrecht)
16300 R Roermond - Blerick
16500 R Nijmegen - Boxmeer
17800 R Zutphen - Apeldoorn
19500 R Gouda - Alphen a/d Rijn - Leiden Centraal
19600 R Utrecht - Geldermalsen
30000 R Leeuwarden - Stavoren
30100 R Leeuwarden - Harlingen Haven
30200 R/D Groningen - Leeuwarden
30400 R Groningen - Nieuweschans
30500 R Groningen - Roodeschool
30600 R Groningen - Delfzijl
30800 R Winterswijk - Zutphen
30900 R Winterswijk - Arnhem
31000 R Almelo - Mariënberg
33200 RB64 Enschede - Münster Hbf. Run by DB Regionalbahn Westfalen.
33250 RB51 Enschede - Dortmund Hbf. Ditto.
34000 R/RB Nieuweschans - Leer(Ostfr) Hbf

E.g., in the 1400 series the last two digits are 01, 05, 09, 13 and 17 in anti-clockwise direction (timetable numbers 11b, 10b, 20a) and 02, 06, 10, 14, 18 and 22 in clockwise direction (timetable numbers 20b, 10a, 11a).

Train routes with reversal of direction

Train routes with reversal of direction on the way (all with multiple units), with station:

1400 The Hague Centraal (gvc) (at night only)
2000, 3000 Arnhem (ah)
3400 Haarlem (hlm)
500, 1500 Utrecht (ut)
Route Amsterdam (asd) - Hoek van Holland (hld), a few times a day, with various numbers: Rotterdam Centraal (rtd)

Stretches with four tracks

10 Schiphol – Hoofddorp (section Hoofddorp – beyond Nieuw-Vennep under construction : 2 extra tracks are the High Speed line.
10, 11 Leiden – Rijswijk
10, 16, 17 Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag Laan v NOI
11 Schiedam – Dordrecht
20, 40 Amsterdam Centraal – Amsterdam Muiderpoort
20 Amsterdam Bijlmer – Utrecht (under construction, completed in Dec 2005)
24, 27 Boxtel – Eindhoven
32, 42 Utrecht Centraal – Utrecht Overvecht
50 Utrecht – Woerden (under construction)
50 Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle

Links to main cities in the railway network, arranged according to location

       Den Helder      Enkhuizen    Leeuwarden Groningen
                     Hoorn
                                     Lelystad
       Alkmaar               Almere     Zwolle
   Haarlem Amsterdam
          Schiphol                                 Enschede
       Leiden                        Amersfoort Apeldoorn
The Hague        Gouda      Utrecht       Arnhem
   Delft                                          Nijmegen
      Rotterdam
           Dordrecht                   Den Bosch      
          Roosendaal Breda Tilburg 
                                            Eindhoven
                                               Roermond
Vlissingen                                     Sittard
                                               Maastricht Heerlen