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Rail transport in the Netherlands uses a dense railway network, that connects virtually all major towns and cities, counting as many train stations as there are municipalities in the Netherlands. The network totals 6830 kilometres of ''track'', or 3223 ''route'' km, three quarters of which has been electrified. The Dutch rail network supports predominantly passenger transport and also most distance travelled on Dutch public transport is done by rail. The national rail infrastructure is managed and maintained by public task company ProRail, and a number of different operators have concessions to run their trains. The entire network is standard gauge. The Netherlands is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for the Netherlands is 84. == Operators == Public transport authorities in the Netherlands issue concessions for collections of lines.〔(Concessions ); see also :nl:Concessies in het Nederlandse openbaar vervoer#Overzicht concessies.〕 *Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; Dutch Railways) - services the main passenger rail network (''Hoofdrailnet''), including a limited night service (see below), and some secondary lines in Overijssel *Arriva Netherlands - the northern secondary lines, the eastern lines and a central line *Breng - services a part of an eastern secondary line (second operator on this line, in addition to Arriva) *Syntus - one eastern secondary line *Veolia Transport - southern secondary lines *Connexxion - two secondary lines *NS International in international trains, and domestic high speed service Intercity Direct A few Dutch railway stations are serviced, even for journeys within the country, from foreign railway operators using the NS authorization: *DB Regio, including DB Regionalbahn Westfalen and DB Euregiobahn *NMBS/SNCB - Maastricht - Eijsden, as part of the Maastricht - Liège service Nationwide a common fare system applies although operators tend to use separate tariffs due to the concession system. Most trains consist of both 1st and 2nd class compartiments; Syntus and occasionally Arriva only offer 2nd class compartiments. The largest cargo carrier in the Netherlands is DB Schenker, others are ACTS, Crossrail, ERS Railways, Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln, Rail4chem and Veolia Cargo. The whole network itself is maintained from the public owned agency ProRail, which is also responsible for allocating slots to the different companies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rail transport in the Netherlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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