NS Stations

{{Short description|Dutch company}} {{Refimprove|date=April 2016}} '''NS Stations''' ({{IPA|nl|ɛnˈɛs staːˈɕɔns}}) is a Dutch company that owns and manages over 400 railway stations in the Netherlands.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.nsstations.nl/ns-stations/over-ns-stations.html Over NS Stations], NS Stations. Retrieved 5 January 2015.</ref> It is a subsidiary of national rail operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).{{cn|date=December 2015}} A subsidiary company of NS Stations is '''NS Stations Retailbedrijf''' (formerly Servex; founded in 1973), which uses the brands Automaten, Brasserie Het Station, Burger King (taken over by HMSHost), Café T, Café T espresso, C'est du pain, HEMA, Kiosk, La Place (taken over by HMSHost), mr. Pizza, Pizza Hut, Restauratie, Rituals, '''Smullers''', Swirl's, and Wizzl, and owns Stationsfoodstore, which is an Albert Heijn franchise operating about 22 "AH to go" convenience stores on stations.{{cn|date=December 2015}} Wizzl also sells train tickets.{{cn|date=December 2015}} They are typically at small stations which have no separate ticket window or counter; an exception is Rotterdam, with a Wizzl at the back side of the station, while separate ticket windows are at the front side only.{{cn|date=December 2015}}

<gallery> File:Kiosk Utrecht CS.JPG|A Kiosk convenience store at Utrecht Centraal railway station File:AH Bijlmer ArenA.jpg|An "AH to go" convenience store at Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station File:Hema station Leiden.jpg|A HEMA store at Leiden Centraal railway station File:Swirls.JPG|A Swirl's ice cream parlour at Den Haag Centraal railway station </gallery>

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== External links == * {{in lang|nl}} {{Official website|http://www.nsstations.nl/}}

Category:Nederlandse Spoorwegen Category:Railway companies of the Netherlands