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NS VIRM
VIRM trains, full name Verlengd InterRegio Materieel (''Lengthened interregional rolling stock''), are a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) double-deck trains operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen or NS (''Dutch Railways''), the principal railway operator in the Netherlands. NS has 178 of these double-deckers – 98 four-carriage sets, and 80 six-carriage sets. The trains were built between 1994 and 2009 – for the most part by Talbot, part of Bombardier Inc., with some railcars built by De Dietrich. The VIRM trains evolved out of the previously existing DD-IRM series (DubbelDeks InterRegio Materieel or ''Double-deck interregional rolling stock''). The first batch of 81 VIRM trains was created by lengthening all the existing DD-IRM combinations by one or two railcars. Three-unit trainsets were augmented by one carriage to transform them into a four-unit VIRM, and the four-unit sets received two more carriages, to create six-unit VIRM trains. Names * VIRM (Verlengd InterRegi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venlo Railway Station
Venlo railway station is located in Venlo, the Netherlands. It is situated on the Maastricht–Venlo railway, the Viersen–Venlo railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Nijmegen–Venlo railway. The first station in Venlo was opened on November 21, 1865. The current building dates from 1958 and is a typical Dutch station of the post-war era, featuring a clock tower and a large canopy spanning the front of the station. There is a bus station for regional and city buses in front of the station, as well as a car park. Train services The following train services call at this station: *Express services: **''Intercity'': Schiphol Airport–Utrecht–'s-Hertogenbosch–Eindhoven–Helmond–Venlo **: Venlo–Viersen–Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf–Wuppertal–Hagen–Hamm *Local services: **''Stoptrein'': Nijmegen–Venlo–Roermond Venlo is a border station and therefore sees a significant number of shunting movements. On several tracks, the catenary can be switched betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OV-Chipkaart
The OV-chipkaart (short for ''openbaar vervoer chipkaart'', meaning ''public transport chipcard'') is a contactless smart card system used for all public transport in the Netherlands. First introduced in the Rotterdam Metro in April 2005, it has subsequently been rolled out to other areas and travel modes. It fully replaced the national strippenkaart system for buses, trams, and metro trains in 2011, and the paper ticket system for rail travel in July 2014. The OV-chipkaart is available in disposable form (for occasional passengers, such as tourists) and reusable versions (for frequent travellers, either in anonymous or personalised forms). History and coverage The OV-chipkaart is a collaborative initiative of five large public transport operators in the Netherlands: the main rail operator NS, the bus operator Connexxion and the municipal transport operators of the three largest cities: GVB (Amsterdam), HTM (The Hague) and RET (Rotterdam), though all public transport operator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weert Railway Station
Weert is a railway station in Weert, Netherlands. The station is on the Eindhoven–Weert railway, Weert–Roermond railway and the Iron Rhine (Antwerp - Mönchengladbach). It was opened in 1879, the current building was built in 1913. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and the .... Train services The following services call at Weert: *2x per hour intercity services (Schagen -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht *2x per hour intercity services Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Heerlen *2x per hour local services (''sprinter'') Eindhoven - Weert External linksNS website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eindhoven Railway Station
Eindhoven Centraal railway station is the main railway station in Eindhoven in North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the busiest station outside the Randstad area and an important station in the southern part of The Netherlands. History The station was opened on 1 July 1866 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway, the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Eindhoven–Weert railway. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station is 900m east of the Philips Stadion, which is served by Eindhoven Stadion railway station in the event of football matches or other special events at the stadium. Train services Eindhoven Centraal is a major interchange station for train services in the southern Netherlands. The station is served by the following service(s): *2x per hour Intercity services (Schagen -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Sittard - Maastricht *2x per hour Intercity services The Hague - Breda - Eindhoven *2x per hour Intercity services Schiphol - Utr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
's-Hertogenbosch Railway Station
s-Hertogenbosch () is a railway station located in 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant, Netherlands. The station and all services operating from it are run by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the national Dutch train operating company. History 's-Hertogenbosch station opened on 1 November 1868 as the northern terminus of the southern part of the Utrecht–Boxtel railway (''Staatslijn H''), with service south to Boxtel. Only in 1870 were the two parts of Line H joined, allowing for direct service to Utrecht Centraal. As the town was a fortress at the time, the station was designed with attack in mind; its wood truss construction allowed it to be dismantled or damaged with minimal waste. 's-Hertogenbosch station was further expanded upon the opening of the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway, making it an important railway junction. In 1896, the original station was replaced with a large brick structure designed by Eduard Cuypers. The station was relocated a few hundred metres south of the original, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utrecht Centraal Railway Station
Utrecht Centraal, officially Station Utrecht Centraal (), is the transit hub that integrates three bicycle parkings, two bus stations, two tram stops and the central railway station for the city of Utrecht in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. Both the railway station and the bus station are the largest and busiest in the Netherlands. The bicycle parking station on the east side is the largest in the world. The railway station has sixteen platform tracks (of which twelve are through tracks) and 207.360 embarking and disembarking passengers per day, excluding transfers. Because of its central location in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal is the most important railway hub of the country with more than 1000 departures per day. History The first railway station at the site was opened on December 18, 1843, when the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij opened the first station on Utrecht territory. In 1938, the station became the central station as the ''Maliebaanstation'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam Amstel Railway Station
Amsterdam Amstel (; abbreviation: Asa) is a railway station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station opened in 1939. It is located to the southeast of Amsterdam Centraal in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost, near the Amstel river. Amsterdam Amstel is used daily by 50,000 train and metro passengers. Rail services at the station are provided by NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands. Metro, tram and city bus services are provided by municipal operator GVB. Regional buses are operated by Connexxion. Amstel station is situated in the Omval business district which includes the Rembrandt Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the city, and the ''Leeuwenburg'' campus of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. History The station was built under the direction of architects H.G.J. Schelling of NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands, and John Leupen of the City of Amsterdam. The railway station was opened on 15 October 1939, by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. It is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station
Amsterdam Centraal Station ( nl, italic=no, Station Amsterdam Centraal ; abbreviation: Asd) is the largest railway station in Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands. A major international railway hub, it is used by 192,000 passengers a day, making it the second busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal and the most visited Rijksmonument of the Netherlands. National and international railway services at Amsterdam Centraal are provided by NS, the principal rail operator in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Centraal is the northern terminus of Amsterdam Metro routes 51, 53, 54, and stop for 52 operated by municipal public transport operator GVB. It is also served by a number of GVB tram and ferry routes as well as local and regional bus routes operated by GVB, Connexxion and EBS. Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and opened in 1889. It features a Gothic, Renaissance Revival station building and a cast iron platform roof spanning app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam Sloterdijk Railway Station
Amsterdam Sloterdijk is a major railway junction to the west of Amsterdam Centraal station. It is at a rail-rail crossing, with an additional chord (Hemboog). It is on the railway line from Amsterdam Centraal to Haarlem and the last station before the junction where the line Amsterdam Centraal-Zaandam diverges from it and on the crossing west branch of the Amsterdam–Schiphol railway line between Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal. The Hemboog chord connects the crossing lines, providing a direct connection between Schiphol and Zaandam. There are platforms at both crossing lines and at the Hemboog; for the latter there is a separate entrance on another side of the station square. There are two lines of the Amsterdam Metro that stop here. History The original Amsterdam Sloterdijk station was opened in 1956 just south of the current station. Sloterdijk was then just a small village. From there, one could travel to Haarlem; the line to Zaandam took a more northeasterly route via the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaandam Railway Station
Zaandam is the main railway station of Zaandam, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is at the junction of the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway and the Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway. History The first station was opened in Zaandam on 1 November 1869. This was a station of the type SS Hoogezand. This building had a large middle section, with a ticket office, with the passageways to the platforms. At this middle piece were the 2 lower portions of the building. The facade had a big clock, there was also a freestanding building next to the station. In 1983 the Hemtunnel opened, this closing the Hembrug The name Hembrug refers to various geographic entities in the municipality of Zaanstad, in the Netherlands. Area The area called ''Hembrug'' was formerly a ''hem'', that is, a headland later diked in to become part of a polder. Originally called .... The station was completely rebuilt, with the distinctive red roof. The station has 2 island platforms at ground level. In 1996 a south ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castricum Railway Station
Castricum railway station is located in Castricum, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 May 1867 as part of the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway The Den Helder–Amsterdam railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Den Helder to Amsterdam, passing through Alkmaar and Zaandam. It is also called the '' Staatslijn K'' ("state line K") in Dutch. The line is 81 km long. The .... Train services , the following services call at Castricum: *2× per hour intercity service (Schagen -) Alkmaar - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven - Maastricht *2× per hour intercity service Den Helder - Amsterdam - Utrecht - Nijmegen *2× per hour intercity service Alkmaar - Haarlem *2× per hour local service (''sprinter'') Hoorn - Alkmaar - Uitgeest - Haarlem - Amsterdam Bus services These services stop outside the station. External linksNS websiteDutch public transport travel planner Railway stations in North Holland Railway stations opened in 1867 Railway stations on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alkmaar Railway Station
Alkmaar railway station serves the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands. It is located approximately northwest of Amsterdam. The station opened on 20 December 1865 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and it is an Intercity station, where all trains stop. History Alkmaar Station opened on 20 December 1865 when the railway opened between Alkmaar and Den Helder. This was the second railway opened by the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij after the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway. The line through Alkmaar was on the Staatslijn K railway, built by the Dutch state between 1865 and 1878. The station building is a standard station building of the State Railways of the 1860s The three other remaining station buildings of this style are in Harlingen, Leeuwarden and Winschoten. The station building of Alkmaar was expanded in 1879 and in 1908, by which time the entire building had two floors. A small extension was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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