Editing Netherlands (section)

=== Public transport ===
[[File:NSR - Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT) - Wieldrechtse Zeedijk - Dordrecht (22087244596).jpg|thumb|A regional train operated by {{lang|nl|[[Nederlandse Spoorwegen]]|italic=no}} (NS)]]

About 13% of all distance is travelled by public transport, the majority of which is by train.<ref name="OECD-ITF"/> The Dutch rail network of 3,013&nbsp;km route is also rather dense.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2121.html#nl |title=CIA World Factbook &#124; Field listing: Railways |date=2012 |publisher=U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=7 July 2014 |archive-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513124715/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2121.html#nl |url-status=dead}}</ref> The network is mostly focused on passenger rail services and connects all major cities, with over [[Railway stations in the Netherlands|400 stations]]. Trains are frequent, with two trains per hour on lesser lines,{{efn|Only 11 stations are served less than twice an hour during weekdays.}} two to four trains per hour on average, and up to eight trains an hour on the busiest lines.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/06/ns-to-up-frequency-of-amsterdam-to-eindhoven-trains/|title=NS to up frequency of Amsterdam to Eindhoven trains to six an hour – DutchNews.nl|date=21 June 2017|work=DutchNews.nl|access-date=8 December 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> The Dutch national train network includes the [[HSL-Zuid]], a high-speed line between the [[Amsterdam metropolitan area]] and the Belgian border for trains running from Paris and London, to the Netherlands.