Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen
	Railway tracks in the Netherlands
	Double decker (DDZ) train near Gouda, South Holland
Overview
Locale	Netherlands
Dates of operation	1938–present
Predecessor	Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM); Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (SS)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

NS Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Company type	State-owned naamloze vennootschap
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	1938
Headquarters	Utrecht, Netherlands
Key people	Wouter Koolmees (CEO)
Products	Rail transport, rail construction, services
Revenue	€5,980 million (2021); €6,661 million (2019);
Net income	€116 million (2018); €47 million (2017);
Total assets	€7,030 million (2018); €6,214 million (2017);
Total equity	€11,786 million (2021); €3,477 million (2017);
Number of employees	38,600 (2020); 40,978 (2020);
Parent	State of the Netherlands
Subsidiaries	Abellio; Nedkoleje; NSRegio (99%); WestfalenBahn
Website	www.ns.nl

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; Dutch: [ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈspoːrˌʋeːɣə(n)] ^ⓘ; English: "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 the busiest in the European Union, and the third busiest in the world after Switzerland and Japan.

The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight operator NS Cargo merged with DB Cargo in 2000. NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. The NS also provides international rail services from the Netherlands to other European destinations and carries out concessions on some foreign rail markets through its subsidiary Abellio.

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