Topic: Level-crossing

Unprotected level crossing, source: Antea Group

The Netherlands converts unprotected level crossings

Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail continues to implement its five-year strategy on converting the unprotected level crossings. There are more than a hundred points of this type in the Netherlands. Fifty of them will be...Read more

31-01-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Concrete rail crossing, source: voestalpine Railpro

95-tonnes level crossing installed in the Netherlands

Strukton Rail has installed a 95-tonnes concrete level crossing in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn. It was manufactured by voestalpine Railpro and Spanbeton. The crossing concrete plate is one of the heaviest ever installed in...Read more

13-12-2018|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Freight train on Betuweroute, Netherlands

Dutch government: ‘train drivers sometimes lack competence’

The safety on railways in the Netherlands could be increased. This was the message of the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT), which presented several reports with recommendations to the government on Tuesday. The...Read more

28-11-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen