Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen

The Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen (Dutch pronunciation: [maːtsxɑˈpɛi tɔt ɛksplʋaˈtaːtsi vɑn ˈstaːtspoːrˌʋeːɣə(n)]; "Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways") or SS was a private railroad founded to use the government funded railways.

[1][2] The company existed until 1938, when it formally merged with the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij (HSM) to form the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

[3] In the 19th century, the government constructed a number of state railroads, the staatslijnen, to (major) cities and regions not yet served by the other railroads, but for which it was deemed important to connect them to the country's rail network.

The company was formally merged with the HSM to form the Nederlandse Spoorwegen in 1938, although independent operations had stopped earlier.

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