Holland has a very compact and modern railway network. Each day about 4,200 passenger trains run on the 1,900 miles of track. The trains of the Netherlands Railways (NS) are among the most modern in Europe. Some important aspects about travelling by train in Holland are that they arrive and depart on time, they are comfortable and clean, services are fast and frequent and most of the staff speak English.

Every village in Holland, no matter how small, can be reached by public transport. Most routes have departures at least every half hour, busy stretches often as many as four to six departures an hour.

There is a direct express train connection between the Amsterdam airport Schiphol and the most important cities in Holland and some cities in Belgium. Even at night, there is a train every hour between Utrecht, Amsterdam, Schiphol, The Hague and Rotterdam. The Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Dutch railway company, operates an Intercity IC network connecting the big cities. These IC trains stop at the major stations. A booklet (Dutch/English) is available from the ticket office giving the departure and arrival times of Intercity trains (price NLG 2.--). Local trains provide transportation to smaller cities.

Time schedules and prices
For information on train times and prices to and from destinations in the Netherlands, please call +31 900 9292 (75 cents per minute) or access the Internet at http://www.ns.nl/reisplan2.asp

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