List of railway lines 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.

Contents 1 List of railway lines by province 1.1 Groningen 1.2 Friesland 1.3 Drenthe 1.4 Overijssel 1.5 Flevoland 1.6 Gelderland 1.7 Utrecht 1.8 North Holland 1.9 South Holland 1.10 Zeeland 1.11 North Brabant 1.12 Limburg 2 Stretches with four tracks 3 Former railways 4 History

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

History

Railway map 1904: