The Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij (NCS) was founded on 20 February 1860 in

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and established in

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from 1876 and was dissolved on 23 May 1934. The Central Railway Utrecht – Amersfoort – Zwolle – Kampen was constructed by the NCS.

History

The

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Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...

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line section was opened on 16 July 1863.

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Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...

, with the crossing of the

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, followed on 6 June 1864. The Kamperlijntje (Zwolle – Kampen) was closed after delay due to the flooding of the Mastenbroekerpolder on 10 May. Officially opened in 1865. The NCS also opened a number of branchlines railways in the

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Den Dolder Den Dolder is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Zeist, and lies about 4 km northeast of Bilthoven. Den Dolder has a railway station on the route between Amersfoort and Utrecht and is best known fo ...

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on 27 June 1898 and

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Zeist Zeist () is the capital and largest town of the municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of "Seist" was first mentioned in a charter in the year 83 ...

on 29 August 1901. The starting point for the branchline trains was Utrecht from 1904 the Buurtstation, just north of the main station of the NRS and separated from it by the Leidse Vaart. The renovation of Utrecht Central Station in 1936, made this station had which 4 lines redundant. The tracks of the neighborhood station were extended to Central Station. Until the 1980s, the lines ' 1 to 4 remained recognizable as separate ends within Central Station. The local railway line Ede – Barneveld –

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was also operated by the NCS from 1902-1903. The NCS also operated a number of steam tramways:

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- Hattemerbroek (the Zuiderzeetramweg, opened 1908-1914; owned by NBM) and

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Zwartsluis Zwartsluis is a small city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Zwartewaterland, at the mouth of the Zwarte Water river and the . History Zwartsluis's history started in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648): ...

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(opened 1914; owned by ZB (transferred to NWH) and the electric tram line

(owned by NBM) . In 1885 the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij (NRS) acquired the majority of the shares of the NCS and 1890 the NRS was taken over by the State of the Netherlands. In 1919, the operation of the NCS was continued by the State Railways, which had entered into a agreement of interests with the HIJSM in 1917. The NCS eventually became a part of the

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(NS) in 1934. {{Commonscat, Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij

Sources

Nico Spilt

Het Urechts Archief
Former Dutch railway company