Topic: NS

Female railworkers, source: Women in Rail

CER decided: more women in rail with equal conditions

CER unanimously adopted the Women in Rail agreement during its 68th General Assembly on 20 September 2021. The agreement focuses on promoting women in the sector, from the recruitment process, female employee retention and promotion,...Read more

24-09-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Arriva wants to compete with NS with night trains in the Netherlands

Arriva has submitted an application in the Netherlands to run two night trains to Amsterdam from 2023, one from Groningen and one from Maastricht. The rail operator wants to compete with Dutch Railways NS on...Read more

04-06-2021|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

First night train Vienna – Amsterdam arrived

The first Nightjet train from Vienna to Amsterdam and Brussels arrived on Tuesday morning. Operator ÖBB planned to start the new connection in December, but this was delayed due to the pandemic. With the night...Read more

25-05-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

Dutch state sued for subsidising NS Vienna-Amsterdam night train

A number of interest groups and FlixBus have filed a case to challenge a license and subsidy to Dutch Railways NS for operating a night train connection to Austria. According to them, the decision of...Read more

05-05-2021|1 comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

The Intercity Nieuwe Generatie in maintenance facility Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam

Installation with moving overhead line brought into operation for new NS trains

Over the past year the Watergraafsmeer maintenance workshop in Amsterdam has been converted to be able to maintain the Intercity New Generation (ICNG). VolkerRail, Pilz, Broeze Nijverdal and LiftingPlus have designed an installation with a...Read more

05-11-2020|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel