List of railway lines in the Netherlands
Electrification of the rail network:
Electrified 1500V DC
Electrified 25KV AC 50HZ
Electrified 3000 V DC (Belgium)
Electrified 15KV AC 16,3 Hz (Germany)
Not Electrified
Number of tracks on a railway line:
Single track
Double track
Three track
Four track
Maximum speeds on the rail network.
Not to be confused with Train routes in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands has a rail network approximately 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) in length. Three quarters of it is electrified, one third is single track.
In the Netherlands, the railway lines are built only in standard gauge, apart from a few narrow gauge industrial railways.
The list on this page is not to be confused with the list on the Train routes in the Netherlands page. The former list focuses on the railway lines in the Netherlands, and the latter list focuses on the routes taken by trains travelling on those railway lines.
List of railway lines by province
In contrast with the motorways in the Netherlands, and the railway lines in Belgium, the railway lines in the Netherlands are not identified by line numbers. For that reason, the lines listed below are named simply by reference to the names of their terminii.
Groningen
- Groningen–Delfzijl railway
- Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
- Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway
- Meppel–Groningen railway
- Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway
- Stadskanaal–Zuidbroek railway
Friesland
- Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
- Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway
- Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway
Drenthe
- Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
- Gronau–Coevorden railway
- Meppel–Groningen railway
- Zwolle–Emmen railway
Overijssel
- Almelo–Salzbergen railway
- Apeldoorn–Deventer railway
- Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
- Deventer–Almelo railway
- Doetinchem–Hengelo railway
- Dortmund–Enschede railway
- Lelystad–Zwolle railway (Hanzelijn)
- Mariënberg–Almelo railway
- Utrecht–Kampen railway
- Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
- Zwolle–Almelo railway
- Zwolle–Emmen railway
Flevoland
- Lelystad–Zwolle railway (Hanzelijn)
- Weesp–Lelystad railway (Flevolijn)
Gelderland
- Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
- Amsterdam–Zutphen railway
- Apeldoorn–Deventer railway
- Arnhem–Nijmegen railway
- Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway
- Dieren–Apeldoorn railway
- Elst–Dordrecht railway
- Kesteren–Amersfoort railway
- Nijmegen–Kleve railway
- Nijkerk–Ede-Wageningen railway
- Nijmegen–Venlo railway
- Oberhausen–Arnhem railway
- Rotterdam–Zevenaar railway
- Tilburg–Nijmegen railway
- Utrecht–Boxtel railway
- Utrecht–Kampen railway
- Winterswijk–Zevenaar railway
- Zutphen–Glanerbeek railway
Utrecht
- Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
- Amsterdam–Zutphen railway
- Den Dolder–Baarn railway
- De Haar–Rhenen railway
- Harmelen–Breukelen railway
- Hilversum–Lunetten railway
- Kesteren–Amersfoort railway
- Utrecht–Boxtel railway
- Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
- Utrecht–Kampen railway
- Woerden–Leiden railway
North Holland
- Aalsmeer–Amsterdam Willemspark railway
- Amsterdam–Zutphen railway
- Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
- Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway
- Amsterdam–Schiphol railway
- Haarlem–Uitgeest railway
- Haarlem–Zandvoort railway
- Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway
- Hilversum–Lunetten railway
- Hoorn–Medemblik railway
- Den Helder–Amsterdam railway
- HSL-Zuid
- Santpoort Noord–IJmuiden railway
- Weesp–Leiden railway
- Weesp–Lelystad railway (Flevolijn)
- Zaandam–Enkhuizen railway
South Holland
- Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway
- Breda–Rotterdam railway
- Elst–Dordrecht railway
- Gouda–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
- Gouda–Den Haag railway
- HSL-Zuid
- Rotterdam–Zevenaar railway
- Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway
- Utrecht–Rotterdam railway
- Weesp–Leiden railway
- Woerden–Leiden railway
- Havenspoorlijn
Zeeland
- Gent–Terneuzen railway
- Lewedorp–Vlissingen Sloehaven railway
- Mechelen–Terneuzen railway
- Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway
North Brabant
- Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway
- Boxtel–Büderich railway
- Breda–Eindhoven railway
- Breda–Rotterdam railway
- Eindhoven–Weert railway
- HSL-Zuid
- Nijmegen–Venlo railway
- Roosendaal–Breda railway
- Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway
- Tilburg–Nijmegen railway
- Utrecht–Boxtel railway
- Venlo–Eindhoven railway
Limburg
- Eindhoven–Weert railway
- Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway
- Liège–Maastricht railway
- Maastricht–Hasselt railway
- Maastricht–Aachen railway
- Maastricht–Venlo railway
- Nijmegen–Venlo railway
- Schaesberg–Simpelveld railway
- Sittard–Herzogenrath railway
- Venlo–Eindhoven railway
- Viersen–Venlo railway
- Weert–Roermond railway
Stretches with four tracks
- 5 Schiphol – Hoofddorp
- 5, 7 Leiden – Rijswijk
- 7 Schiedam – Dordrecht
- 13, 20 Amsterdam Centraal – Amsterdam Muiderpoort
- 13 Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena – Utrecht
- 9, 12 Boxtel – Eindhoven
- 15, 16, 19 Utrecht Centraal – Utrecht Overvecht
- 18 Utrecht – Woerden
- 18 Gouda – Gouda Goverwelle
Former railways
The railways in the following list have been closed and demolished:
- Aalsmeer–Haarlem railway
- Aalsmeer–Nieuwersluis-Loenen railway
- Apeldoorn–Zwolle railway
- Assen–Stadskanaal railway
- Boekelo–Oldenzaal railway
- Bovenkerk–Uithoorn railway
- De Bilt–Zeist railway
- Deventer–Ommen railway
- Enschede–Ahaus railway
- Glanerbrug–Losser railway
- Groningen–Weiwerd railway
- Haltern–Venlo railway
- Hattem–Kampen Zuid railway
- Hoofddorp–Leiden Heerensingel railway
- Leeuwarden–Anjum railway
- Neede–Hellendoorn railway
- St. Pancras–Broek op Langedijk railway
- Stiens–Harlingen railway
- Tzummarum–Franeker railway
- Uithoorn–Alphen aan den Rijn railway
- Varsseveld–Dinxperlo railway
- Winsum–Zoutkamp railway
- Winterswijk–Neede railway
- Zevenaar–Kleve railway
- Zuidbroek–Delfzijl railway
