NoordNed Personenvervoer B.V. (English translation Network North) was a

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...

company operating trains and buses in the north and northeast of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Founded in 1999 as a joint venture by

Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.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 t ...

, after Arriva took full ownership in 2003, the brand was retired in 2005.

History

NoordNed was established by

, each having a 49% shareholding. In May 1999 it commenced operating regional train services on the

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of th ...

to Harlingen and Leeuwarden to

Stavoren Stavoren (; fry, Starum; previously Staveren) is a city in the province of Friesland, Netherlands, on the coast of the IJsselmeer, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Hindeloopen, in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Stavoren had a popula ...

lines. It also operated rail services between Leeuwarden and

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of t ...

on behalf of Nederlandse_Spoorwegen. On 28 May 2000 it commenced operating services between Groningen and

Nieuweschans Bad Nieuweschans (also ''Lange Akkeren''; ; Gronings: ''Nij-Schans''; German: ''Bad Neuschanz'') is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands on the border with Germany. It forms part of the municipality of Oldambt. Nieuweschans means "new for ...

, and

Roodeschool Roodeschool (Gronings: ''Roschoul'') is a community situated in the northeast of Groningen province in the Netherlands and forming part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017. Roodeschool's railway ...

under a five year concession. In December 2003, Arriva became the sole owner. In December 2005, NoordNed commenced operating 15 year contracts in Groningen and Friesland. In December 2005 the NoordNed brand was retired with all operations merged with Arriva's other Netherlands operations.A decade of growth and future ambitions
''Global Railway Review'' 23 January 2009

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{{Arriva, state=collapsed Arriva Group companies Nederlandse Spoorwegen Railway companies established in 1999 Railway companies disestablished in 2005 Railway companies of the Netherlands Rail transport in Friesland Rail transport in Groningen (province) 1999 establishments in the Netherlands 2005 disestablishments in the Netherlands