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NETHERLANDS

Licences

Issuing Office:

Inspectiedienst Verkeer en

Tel.: +31.30

Fax: +31.30

E-mail: 

Contact person:

mr. P (Pieter) Hoekstra

Licenced Railway Undertakings

	Name	Type Licence	Date of the Decision	Published
1	Shortlines B.V.	First issued	27-09-2002	Licence and insurance annex  (, 28 KB)
		Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	23-09-2004
2	ERS Railways B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	27-09-2002	Licence and insurance annex (, 28 KB)
		Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	23-09-2004
3	Railion Nederland	First issued	1-12-2002	Not published yet
4	ACTS Nederland	First issued	1-3-2004	Not published yet
5	Noordned Personenvervoer B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	1-05-2005	Licence and insurance annex (, 32 KB)
6	Connex cargo	First issued	17-05-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
7	Nedtrain B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	8-06-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
8	Nedtrain Consulting B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	8-06-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
9	NS Reizigers B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	8-06-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
10	Spitzke Spoorbouw B.V.	First issued	7-07-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
11	Syntus B.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	24-05-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
12	Thalys Nederland N.V.	Amended: Temporary licence changed into licence with unrestricted validity	8-06-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  32 KB)
13	Eurailscout Inspection and Analysis B.V.	First issued	2-09-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  76 KB)
14	Volker Stevin Rail & Traffic B.V.	First issued	5-09-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  76 KB)
15	Rotterdam Rail Feeding B.V.	First issued	29-09-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  79 KB)
16	Rail4Chem Benelux B.V.	First issued	8-11-2005	Licence and insurance annex (,  76 KB)

The following railway undertakings have a licence based on national law, for train operations outside the scope of Directive 95/18/EC. Several have applied for a licence under this Directive, that upon issuance will be duly notified.

- BAM Rail

- Strukton Railinfra Materieel

- Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij

SAFETY CERTIFICATES

All Railway Undertakings mentioned above or notified earlier are in possession of a safety certificate under existing national law, issued under principles of national law. The exceptions are Shortlines, as it has suspended operations, and Connex Cargo, as it is still starting up operations.

The following Railway Undertakings with a foreign licence are in possession of a safety certificate for the Netherlands rail network that extends beyond border stations:

- DLC (Dillen & Lejeune Cargo, Belgium)

- HGK (Hafen und Güterverkehr, Köln, Germany)

- Rail4Chem (Germany)