Is the Dutch rail network actually any good?

The Netherlands is a fantastic little place, but despite its world-leading urban planning, its railways leave a little to be desired. However, is this enough to bring it down, and is there anything to learn from NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)?



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Music:
I Wish I Knew - Otis McDonald



Photography:
Myself
Koninklijke Begeer B.V. Ateliers voor edelsmeed- en penningkunst / Frits van Hall (Bodja 1899 - Gleiwitz 1945), Museon, Bundesarchiv, Jan Oosterhuis, Dennistw and Ninostar, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Het Utrechts Archief and Ministerie van Defensie, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons

Menno Huizinga, Malindine E G (Capt), No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Frans van Rooden, Dentie3, Moeerd, PPP, Vysotsky (Wikimedia), Donald Trung Quoc Don (Chữ Hán: 徵國單), Vera de Kok, Fantaglobe11, Dining Car from Wien, Austria, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

Loz Pycock and Rob Dammers, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

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