Nederlandse Spoorwegen logo

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The Nederlandse Spoorwegen logo is the corporate logo of Dutch railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways), or NS. The logo was designed in 1968 by Gert Dumbar and René van Raalte for graphic design company Tel Design. It was introduced in the same year. The logo usually appears in blue (Pantone 288) on a dark yellow (Pantone 123) background. Since the introduction of the current corporate logo all NS trains have the same distinct dark yellow colour. The logo, which replaced a design which had been used since 1946, can be found on a great number of places on the train and trainstations in the Netherlands. The two arrows in the logo represent the directions of the movement made by the train, the two lines in the middle represent the track. The logo always plays a significant part in the NS' signing, promotions, advertising and graphical design.