The Netherlands has a rail network totalling of track, or 3,013 route km. Three quarters of it is electrified, one third is single track. Railway lines are built in standard gauge, apart from a few narrow gauge industrial and recreational railways.
List of railway lines by province In contrast with the motorways in the Netherlands, and the railway lines in Belgium, the railway lines in the Netherlands are not identified by line numbers. For that reason, the lines listed below are named simply by reference to the names of their termini.
Groningen Groningen–Delfzijl railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway Meppel–Groningen railway Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway
Friesland Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway
Drenthe Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Gronau–Coevorden railway Meppel–Groningen railway Zwolle–Emmen railway
Overijssel Almelo–Salzbergen (D) railway Apeldoorn–Deventer railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Deventer–Almelo railway Doetinchem–Hengelo railway Lelystad–Zwolle railway (Hanzelijn) Mariënberg–Almelo railway Münster–Enschede railway Utrecht–Kampen railway Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway Zwolle–Almelo railway Zwolle–Emmen railway
Flevoland Lelystad–Zwolle railway (Hanzelijn) Weesp–Lelystad railway (Flevolijn)
Gelderland Amsterdam–Arnhem railway Amsterdam–Zutphen railway Apeldoorn–Deventer railway Arnhem–Nijmegen railway Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway Dieren–Apeldoorn railway Elst–Dordrecht railway Kesteren–Amersfoort railway Nijmegen–Kleve railway Nijkerk–Ede-Wageningen railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway Oberhausen–Arnhem railway Rotterdam–Zevenaar railway Tilburg–Nijmegen railway Utrecht–Boxtel railway Utrecht–Kampen railway Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
Utrecht Amsterdam–Arnhem railway Amsterdam–Zutphen railway Den Dolder–Baarn railway De Haar–Rhenen railway Harmelen–Breukelen railway Hilversum–Lunetten railway Kesteren–Amersfoort railway Utrecht–Boxtel railway Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Utrecht–Kampen railway Woerden–Leiden railway
North Holland Aalsmeer–Amsterdam Willemspark railway Amsterdam–Zutphen railway Amsterdam–Arnhem railway Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway Amsterdam–Schiphol railway Haarlem–Uitgeest railway Haarlem–Zandvoort railway Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway Hilversum–Lunetten railway Hoorn–Medemblik railway Den Helder–Amsterdam railway HSL-Zuid Santpoort Noord–IJmuiden railway Weesp–Leiden railway Weesp–Lelystad railway (Flevolijn) Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway
South Holland Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway Breda–Rotterdam railway Elst–Dordrecht railway Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway Gouda–Den Haag railway HSL-Zuid Rotterdam–Zevenaar railway Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway Utrecht–Rotterdam railway Weesp–Leiden railway Woerden–Leiden railway Havenspoorlijn
Zeeland Gent–Terneuzen railway Lewedorp–Vlissingen Sloehaven railway Mechelen–Terneuzen railway Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway
North Brabant Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway Boxtel–Büderich railway Breda–Eindhoven railway Breda–Rotterdam railway Eindhoven–Weert railway HSL-Zuid Nijmegen–Venlo railway Roosendaal–Breda railway Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway Tilburg–Nijmegen railway Utrecht–Boxtel railway Venlo–Eindhoven railway
Limburg Eindhoven–Weert railway
Liège–Maastricht railway Maastricht–Hasselt railway Maastricht–Aachen railway Maastricht–Venlo railway Nijmegen–Venlo railway Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway Sittard–Herzogenrath railway Venlo–Eindhoven railway Viersen–Venlo railway Weert–Roermond railway
Stretches with four tracks 5 Schiphol – Hoofddorp 5, 7 Leiden – Rijswijk 7 Schiedam – Dordrecht 13, 20 Amsterdam Centraal – Amsterdam Muiderpoort 13 Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena – Utrecht Centraal 9, 12 Boxtel – Eindhoven 15, 16, 19 Utrecht Centraal – Utrecht Overvecht 18 Utrecht – Woerden 18 Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle
Former railways The railways in the following list have been closed and demolished: Aalsmeer–Haarlem railway Aalsmeer–Nieuwersluis-Loenen railway Apeldoorn–Zwolle railway Assen–Stadskanaal railway Boekelo–Oldenzaal railway Bovenkerk–Uithoorn railway De Bilt–Zeist railway Deventer–Ommen railway Enschede–Ahaus railway Glanerbrug–Losser railway Groningen–Weiwerd railway Haltern–Venlo railway Hattem–Kampen Zuid railway Hoofddorp–Leiden Heerensingel railway Leeuwarden–Anjum railway Neede–Hellendoorn railway St. Pancras–Broek op Langedijk railway Stiens–Harlingen railway Tzummarum–Franeker railway Uithoorn–Alphen aan den Rijn railway Varsseveld–Dinxperlo railway Winsum–Zoutkamp railway Winterswijk–Neede railway Zevenaar–Kleve railway Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway
History Railway map 1904:
External links List of current rail service interruptions
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