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There are 390 Train Station s in the Netherlands . Dalen station was planned to be closed in December 2004 , but due to a mistake in the notification procedure it is still open. CATEGORIES Stations are divided into three categories. These are, in order of decreasing importance:
On many lines, however, there may be only two categories of trains (for example, intercity and local), or just one (local). Furthermore, some local trains – despite being called ''stoptreinen'' – do not stop at all stations: two examples are the services from Utrecht Centraal to Almere Oostvaarders and to Geldermalsen . On the route diagrams printed at the top of station departure sheets (see this example ), intercity stations and semi-fast train stations are indicated by the letters IC and S respectively. SPELLING CONVENTIONS The practice in the Netherlands is to write the names of stations serving two communities with a hyphen (corresponding to "and") between the two names, thus: Noord. LIST OF STATIONS, WITH THEIR OFFICIAL ABBREVIATIONS (excluding stations used only during special events) A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P R
S
T
U
V
W
Z
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Of these, only Den Haag Centraal has nearby junctions, with railways in different directions; in fact in three directions: to Den Haag HS, Voorburg and Laan v NOI. Train route 1400 (the night train) has Den Haag Centraal on the way, with Reversal Of Direction . NEW STATIONS New stations from December 2004 :
New stations from December 2005 : PLATFORMS AND TRACKS Not the platforms, but the tracks are numbered. Tracks without platform access, used for through traffic, also have a number. This number is not indicated, but it shows indirectly by the fact that in the numbering of the accessible tracks a number is skipped. Track numbers are usually increasing in the direction away from the center of the city and hence away from the main entrance(s) of the station. A track along a long platform may have an "a" and a "b"-side, and sometimes three sections "a", "b" and "c". TRAIN TICKETS Train Ticket s are least expensive from the Ticket Machines ; at the counter (if available) a supplement of 0,50 per ticket (with a maximum of 1 per occasion) has to be paid (from June 2004 ); in the train a much higher supplement is applicable. Furthermore from October 2005 it is further discouraged to buy tickets on board. Passengers not carrying a valid ticket are fined 35 administration charges. NS DIVISION; STATION FACILITIES NS Stations is the division of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) in charge of the operation of all 390 railway stations, i.e., also those served by other railway companies than NS Reizigers. A daughter company of NS Stations is Servex, which uses the brands Automaten , Brasserie , Burger King , Café T , Café T Espresso , C'est Du Pain , Kiosk , Mr. Pizza , Pizza Hut , Restauratie , Smullers , Het Station , Swirl's , and Wizzl , and owns Stationsfoodstore, which is an Albert Heijn Franchise exploiting ca. 20 Albert Heijn To Go Convenience Store s on stations. Wizzl also sells train Ticket s. They are typically at small stations which have no separate ticket window or counter; an exception is Rotterdam , with a Wizzl at the back side of the station, while separate ticket windows are at the front side only. PASSENGER COMFORT Passenger comfort sometimes suffers from Beggar s, Thieves , etc., but also from measures against them and against Homeless people, e.g. locking waiting rooms in the evening, and sometimes removal of benches from station halls. STATION ABBREVIATIONS The official abbreviations of names of stations are used internally by the NS, but also on handwritten tickets; they can also conveniently be used when entering a station in the NS planners etc. and are needed in some URLs, see below. In a station it can be found in the lower right corner of the yellow departure schedules. In most URLs (see below) they have to be written in lowercase, in some a capital is optional. On the departure schedules they are written in lowercase. In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital letter. SEE ALSO
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