Last year’s trial runs by Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail to test specific functionalities of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) have demonstrated the potential of the current ATO system to also execute advanced functionalities under the Dutch...Read more
Travellers on the Eurostar from Amsterdam and Rotterdam may not be able to get off at the station Brussels-Midi in the future. This has emerged from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management requesting...Read more
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail has granted Thales the preliminary contract for the design and implementation of ERTMS. The agreement is for a maximum duration of 37 years and has a potential value of 420...Read more
Arriva, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and Stadler have evaluated last week’s trial runs with a modified Stadler WINK train set, labelling it a success on Thursday. Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and Arriva last week conducted trial runs with a modified Stadler WINK train set in battery mode. The parties involved evaluated charging rate, energy consumption and the switch from overhead lines...Read more
Dutch Railways (NS) in 2021 recorded a loss of 49 million euros, the company’s annual report published on Friday shows. The blow was softened by government support to the tune of 925 million euros.Read more
The authorities in the United Kingdom urged Brits not to travel on Monday as storm Franklin threatened to cause major disruptions. Rail services in Germany and the Netherlands, too, are affected.Read more
Rail traffic in the Netherlands and Germany was still severely affected in the weekend by Friday’s storm damage. Dutch Railways and Deutsche Bahn on Saturday report bigger-than-expected damage to the network, which takes longer to...Read more
Railway traffic in the Netherlands was halted on Friday afternoon due to storm Eunice. In Germany, Deutsche Bahn earlier in the day announced it would be suspending all services in the north of the country...Read more
Dutch railway company NS and infrastructure manager ProRail will halt all railway traffic in the Netherlands from Friday 14.00 onwards due to storm Eunice, the companies announced late on Thursday. Deutsche Bahn (DB), meanwhile, also...Read more
An underground freight railway near the port area of Rotterdam is considered the best long-term solution in terms of safely and urban development, a preliminary study commissioned by the nearby municipalities of Dordrecht and Zwijndrecht...Read more
According to Dutch Railways (NS), journey times between Amsterdam and Brussels can be reduced with 40 minutes by skipping many stations, mainly in Belgium, and by deploying the Intercity New Generation (ICNG) train by 2025....Read more
In April, a demo project will kick off in the Netherlands, where autonomous rail noise remote sensing devices will be installed as part of the Noise and Emissions Monitoring and Radical Mitigation (NEMO) initiative.Read more
The effects of climate change – more flooding, heat waves and storms – are not just in the future anymore. At the moment, many railways are vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, and research into and...Read more
A second branch of the Dutch rail freight corridor the Betuweroute is no longer a point of discussion, according to the new Dutch government. It is no longer a question of ‘if it should be...Read more