Divisions of NS Nederlandse Spoorwegen

greater anglia class 90 @ stratford in october 2014



abellio subsidiary operations outside netherlands. abellio has won several franchises in united kingdom , germany.


in february 2012, greater anglia commenced operating greater anglia franchise, , in april 2015, abellio scotrail commenced operating scotrail franchise. in 2016, abellio bid retain renamed east anglia franchise until 2025. abellio has partnered mitsui both east anglia , west midlands franchises, latter jr east.


in may 2009, travel london bus business purchased national express , rebranded abellio london.


ns reizigers (nsr) - ns travellers, responsible passenger train services , employing train drivers , conductors.
ns stations - result of merging former :

ns stations - in charge of operation of 404 railway stations in netherlands, i.e., served other railway companies ns reizigers; see station facilities.
ns vastgoed - owns 48 km² of land, near stations, , develops , operates these areas public traffic nodes, offices , apartments.


nedtrain - train maintenance.
ns commercie - product- , customer management (business , product development, marketing, sales , customer service).
ns international - operator, in conjunction ns reizigers , foreign partners, of high-speed international fyra services on hsl-zuid, thalys (from amsterdam paris), ice (to german ruhr area), intercities (to berlin , brussels) , swiss citynightline (to munich , zurich).

in dealing general public, these distinctions not made , terms nederlandse spoorwegen , ns used.

ns has contracts connexxion , bba, veolia transport provision of bus services replace train services in case of planned , unplanned cancellations.

on 23 july 2010 ns sold daughter company strukton construction company oranjewoud n.v.. concluded long history of planning, designing , executing track development done ns.