Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij
 Platform of the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij in Utrecht in 1866, later
Utrecht CS | |||
| Overview | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Utrecht | ||
| Locale | The Netherlands | ||
| Dates of operation | 1845–1890 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Previous gauge | 1,945 mm (6 ft 4+9⁄16 in) | ||
| Length | 118 km (73 mi) constructed, 240 km (150 mi) operated | ||
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The Dutch Rhenish Railway or Dutch–Rhenish Railway (Dutch: 'Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg' or Nederlandsche Rhijn-Spoorweg) was a Dutch railway company active from 1845 until 1890.
History
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The Dutch Rhenish Railway Company Limited was founded in Amsterdam on 3 July 1845[1] to take over the state-run Rhenish Railway, which was losing money. The majority of the shareholders were British.[2] In or shortly after 1857, James Staats Forbes was appointed general manager for five years. He remained a permanent adviser to the company until its concession expired and it was nationalised in 1890.[3] The Dutch businessman and politician Hendrik Adriaan van Beuningen started his career at DRR as a clerk, but was soon promoted to freight transport manager.[citation needed]
Locomotive number 107, Sharp Stewart 3563/1889, is preserved in the Utrecht Railway Museum.[4]
Lines
[edit]Lines built and operated by the Dutch Rhenish Railway include:
- The Utrecht – Rotterdam line, opened in 1855[5]
- The extension of the Rhenish Railway to Germany, opened in 1856
- The Zevenaar – Cleves line, opened in 1865
- The Harmelen – Breukelen line, opened in 1869
- The Gouda – The Hague line, opened in 1870.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Frederick J. Teggart (1895). Catalogue of the Hopkins Railway Library. Palo Alto, CA: Leland Stanford Junior University. p. 132.
- ^ Augustus J. Veenendaal, Jr. (1995). State versus Private Enterprise in Railway Building in the Netherlands, 1838-1938. Business and Economic History 24 (1): 186–193. Accessed September 2013[dead link].
- ^ Charles Welch (2004). Forbes, James Staats (1823–1904). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33192.
- ^ James Waite ([n.d.]). Narrow Gauge Steam Railways in Holland. The International Steam Pages. Accessed September 2013 fdzv.
- ^ [s.n.] (1 January 1855). The opening of the Dutch Rhenish railway at a temporary station in Rotterdam. Illustrated London News. Accessed September 2013 [dead link].