20 terms you need to know when taking public transport in The Netherlands *so you won't get lost"

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How old are you? Born in 2001
Where do you live? Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Where do you study? Erasmus School of Economics (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Where are you from? Brazil
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[@RealConstructor]

The tram/streetcar/trolley is not always on street level. In The Hague the tram goes below grond level into a tunnel. But that’s an exception, the tram is almost always on street level and is often a road participant, just like a pedestrian, bicyclist and car. It can be in its own lane or in a public transport lane shared with busses or just mingling with all other vehicles on the road. And we have no ‘boat’ as public transport. A boat is a sort of generic name for a vessel in water. We call it a ferry (veer, pont of veerpont), a waterbus or a watertaxi.

[@RunawayTrain2502]

The Dordrecht/Drechtsteden area does actually have a "Waterbus".

[@hugom.nijhof9191]

Perron, or platform, is actually not used at a train station. The dutch use the track (spoor) numbers to indicate where you have to be. That is why the numbering is sometimes missing a number, because there can be a track in a station that doesn't have a platform. So you enter a train at Spoor X...

[@milenamitiko]

Great point! For sure something to keep in mind!

[@RunawayTrain2502]

And then there are really wierd cases like Nijmegen has a track 35 with a platform despite the fact it has 5 platforms. And at some stations it's really important to listen out for A or B sections of the platform (Leiden Centraal and Hengelo for example).

[@tetianatrofymets7940]

Thank you for such a fun way to learn Dutch transport words :)

[@milenamitiko]

Glad you liked it!!

[@renaud1276]

I would add another word: uitgang. Once I had some issues to find the exit in a subway station

[@milenamitiko]

Yes of course!! Great one!

[@hersch3594]

How did you get to the city? Oh I took the train Which one? The speedy speedy one

[@lielydang1986]

This is really helpful! Thank you 😭👏🏻✨

[@milenamitiko]

So glad to hear this!!!

[@amgadshamsan7456]

You're amazing, thanks a lot!!!!

[@ziyulau4597]

hello !! May I ask if it is safe to travel from rotterdam to amsterdam around 8-10pm at night?

[@ikechukwuozigbu559]

🙂

[@killerzed2]

Tram is just that its a tram. Its also pronounced trem in dutch. Its a synonym for streetcar there is no dutch word for it. Just tram :)

[@martiekr]

To me: Tram is not a "streetcar", just a "metro above ground".

[@captainchaos3667]

I'm pretty sure "tram" is an English word. 😂

[@RunawayTrain2502]

Tram is more often used in the UK, whereas Streetcar or Trolley is used more in the US. Tough the US usually seems to call them "Light Rail" these days.