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This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
There are two types of trains: stoptreinen (local trains, which Dutch Railways calls "sprinters") and InterCities, with faster long-distance service. An intermediate category (sneltreinen, "fast trains") began being discontinued in 2007, although regional operators continue to use the term. Sneltrein and InterCity service were very similar.
The ICE 3M is a Dutch-German high-speed train that runs between Amsterdam and Arnhem in the Netherlands, onto Frankfurt and Cologne in Germany and Basel in Switzerland. ICE trains require special high-speed tracks to run at high speeds, but can also run on normal tracks at normal speeds.
For trips to Amsterdam Centraal station, passengers had to travel to RAI and transfer to a local train. A direct link was created with the construction of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway in 1986. A newly built underground station opened in 1995; the former building was demolished.
Below are the train routes in the Netherlands as of 2011 (maybe outdated) with the number of the training series. It is typically a multiple of 100, followed by a number between 1 and 99 (where odd numbers are for trains in one direction, and even numbers for trains in the other, except for some international services).
Amsterdam Lelylaan Originally an Intercity station, now a local train station in the western Slotervaart borough of Amsterdam. Amsterdam Muiderpoort A junction station in Amsterdam-East, connecting the lines from Amsterdam Centraal to Hilversum and Utrecht. Amsterdam RAI A station in the south of Amsterdam, close to the RAI convention centre.