Automated trains could make 30 hourly trips between Amsterdam and Schiphol
5 years, 11 months ago

Automated trains could make 30 hourly trips between Amsterdam and Schiphol

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ProRail wants to run automated light rail trains between Schiphol and Amsterdam with extreme high frequencies - 30 times per hour. ProRail director Pier Eringa believes that these automated trains, which he compares to a city rail line like the S-Bahn in Berlin, will be needed to accommodate the increase in passengers between the Netherlands' capital and its main airport, Het Parool reports. The light rail trains form part of ProRail's broader package of measures to prepare the Dutch railway for the future. Eringa wants to run automated light rail trains between Schiphol and Amsterdam by as early as 2030.

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Severe rail disruptions in Randstad due to track failures, particularly around Amsterdam
1 week, 3 days ago

Severe rail disruptions in Randstad due to track failures, particularly around Amsterdam

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Rail services across multiple routes in the Randstad faced severe disruptions Sunday due to “multiple track failures,” according to Nederlandse Spoorwegen. A spokesperson said the disruptions are particularly affecting travel around Amsterdam. The track failures come on top of previously scheduled rail maintenance work in the Randstad, including reduced service between Amsterdam Centraal and Hoofddorp, as well as between Schiphol …

Rail works: Two weeks of train disruptions on The Hague-Rotterdam route
2 weeks ago

Rail works: Two weeks of train disruptions on The Hague-Rotterdam route

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People traveling by train between The Hague and Rotterdam can expect disruptions to the train service for over two weeks. ProRail will work on the track between the Delft Campus and Rotterdam Central Station from March 12 to 27. The day after, Rotterdam CS will be accessible by train again, but there will be far fewer trains until 6:00 p.m. …

Train disruptions expected near Amsterdam, Schiphol from Jan. 10-13
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Train disruptions expected near Amsterdam, Schiphol from Jan. 10-13

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The Nederlandse Spoorwegen has issued a warning about significant disruptions to train services around Amsterdam and Schiphol this weekend due to scheduled track maintenance. The work, which will take place from Friday through Monday, January 13, will reduce the number of tracks available near Schiphol Airport, resulting in fewer trains and changes to departure platforms. Next weekend, train traffic between …

NS expands train schedule with major changes for 2024
3 months, 1 week ago

NS expands train schedule with major changes for 2024

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Dutch rail operator NS has implemented its new timetable on Sunday, introducing significant increases in train frequency and expanded operating hours. From Monday through Thursday, six intercity trains per hour will run all day between Rotterdam and Schiphol and Schiphol and Arnhem. Additionally, intercity trains will run every 15 minutes on Friday and Saturday evenings between Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, and …

NS adds 1600 trains a week but high-speed line problems persist
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NS adds 1600 trains a week but high-speed line problems persist

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Train operator NS is adding rush-hour trains on its main routes in what it calls the biggest shake-up of the timetable in years, while continuing to face problems on its high-speed line. NS will also run eight Sprinter trains an hour on the line from Amsterdam to Schiphol Airport and Hoofddorp, to offset the restrictions caused by renovation works at …

NS to launch massive rail expansion on Sunday; 8 new Amsterdam-Schiphol trains hourly
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NS to launch massive rail expansion on Sunday; 8 new Amsterdam-Schiphol trains hourly

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NS will run 1,600 more trains per week in its new timetable than it does now, the Dutch rail company announced on Monday. There will be more trains during rush hour, a sprinter every 7.5 minutes dedicated to getting travelers to and from Schiphol Airport, and more international trains. The Intercity trains on the high-speed line between Breda, Rotterdam, and …

Fewer trains to and from Schiphol Airport due to rail works and strikes
4 months, 1 week ago

Fewer trains to and from Schiphol Airport due to rail works and strikes

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Train passengers traveling to or from Schiphol can expect disruptions on the tracks until Tuesday, December 3. Due to the rail work, significantly fewer trains will be running. Furthermore, from November 16 to November 28 and on December 2 and 3, there will be significantly fewer trains to and from the airport. In addition to the rail work on the …

Wednesday rail strike will seriously impact many more Dutch cities than just Amsterdam
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wednesday rail strike will seriously impact many more Dutch cities than just Amsterdam

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The consequences of the strike at ProRail traffic control posts in Amsterdam and Alkmaar on Wednesday morning will be even greater than NS previously reported. The carrier announced on Tuesday that the “impact area” has been expanded and that fewer trains will also run between Utrecht Centraal and the central stations in both Eindhoven and Arnhem. On Monday, the national …

Most trains in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the surroundings will not run Wednesday morning
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Most trains in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the surroundings will not run Wednesday morning

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Rail passengers can expect widespread disruptions in most of the Randstad on Wednesday as a result of rail strikes, national railway NS confirmed on Monday. The strike will take effect for three hours starting at 6 a.m., knocking out service in all of Noord-Holland, including Amsterdam and Alkmaar, as well as parts of the provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland. Workers …

Delays and detour at Schiphol all weekend due to track work
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delays and detour at Schiphol all weekend due to track work

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Train travelers in Amsterdam can expect delays and detours throughout the weekend as work is being carried out on the tracks between Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Zuid station. ProRail is improving the track at Schiphol Airport from Friday, November 8, to Sunday, November 10, and from Saturday, November 16, to Tuesday, December 3, NS reports. There will also be no …

More disruptions ahead for Dutch rail passengers this year, warns ProRail
11 months, 1 week ago

More disruptions ahead for Dutch rail passengers this year, warns ProRail

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Dutch train travelers should be prepared for more disruptions on the tracks, said ProRail on Thursday. According to ProRail CEO John Voppen, most of the rail networks date from just after the Second World War and need urgent maintenance. An important cause of railroad disruptions on are temporary speed restrictions that come into effect when problems are found along the …

Train users face disruption as ProRail plans in 400 projects
1 year ago

Train users face disruption as ProRail plans in 400 projects

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Railway operating company ProRail is warning passengers that they face “inevitable inconvenience” traveling by train in 2024 as some 400 maintenance and other projects take place. “Our railway system mainly dates from just after World War II and needs major maintenance every 40 years,” says chief executive John Voppen. At the same time, we want to expand the network for …

Train users face disruption as ProRail plans in 400 projects
1 year ago

Train users face disruption as ProRail plans in 400 projects

Dutch News  

Railway operating company ProRail is warning passengers that they face “inevitable inconvenience” traveling by train in 2024 as some 400 maintenance and other projects take place. “Our railway system mainly dates from just after World War II and needs major maintenance every 40 years,” says chief executive John Voppen. At the same time, we want to expand the network for …

Fewer trains to Schiphol for ten days next week due to construction work
1 year, 1 month ago

Fewer trains to Schiphol for ten days next week due to construction work

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Starting Monday, February 26, there will be fewer trains to Schiphol Airport for ten days due to construction work, ProRail reported. Furthermore, from Monday, NS will be able to operate one train per hour less on the high-speed rail line between Breda and Amsterdam. Due to delivery problems, there are fewer new trains and the older ones need maintenance. As …

Cracked bridges limit train services between A'dam and R'dam
1 year, 2 months ago

Cracked bridges limit train services between A'dam and R'dam

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ProRail has cut the number of high speed intercity trains between Amsterdam and Rotterdam to two an hour instead of the usual four because of track safety concerns. Intercity trains will have to reduce their speed to 120 kph, and in one place to 80 kph and international services will be slower, leading to timetable cuts, ProRail said. “We had …

Cracked bridges limit train services between A'dam and R'dam
1 year, 2 months ago

Cracked bridges limit train services between A'dam and R'dam

Dutch News  

ProRail has cut the number of high speed intercity trains between Amsterdam and Rotterdam to two an hour instead of the usual four because of track safety concerns. Intercity trains will have to reduce their speed to 120 kph, and in one place to 80 kph and international services will be slower, leading to timetable cuts, ProRail said. “We had …

Trains expected to run from 9 a.m. around Amsterdam, Utrecht & The Hague
1 year, 9 months ago

Trains expected to run from 9 a.m. around Amsterdam, Utrecht & The Hague

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The malfunction that led to the shutdown of a large portion of the rail network in the Netherlands was resolved on Monday morning. The issue largely affected trains in and out of Amsterdam Central Station, including international trains, but it also caused problems between Leiden and The Hague, and between Utrecht and Rhenen. “In the rest of the country, trains …

Morning trains around Amsterdam, Schiphol delayed & cancelled due to rail issues
2 years ago

Morning trains around Amsterdam, Schiphol delayed & cancelled due to rail issues

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Separate issues regarding defective train tracks and train signals were causing several problems on train routes to and from Amsterdam, said Dutch national railway NS and infrastructure firm ProRail. No trains are expected to run on the route between Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam Zuid for much of the morning, the organizations said. The NS also said that there will be …

Amsterdam to Berlin train will be 30 minutes faster by December 2023
2 years, 6 months ago

Amsterdam to Berlin train will be 30 minutes faster by December 2023

NL Times  

A series of adjustments and investments will cut 30 minutes off the Intercity train route between Amsterdam and Berlin by December 2023. The plan is now back on track, ProRail said, but several improvements will be needed over the next 15 months to make the time-saving plan a reality for the Intercity Berlin. To prepare for the faster connection, German …

Most international trains won’t run in the Netherlands on Friday; Schiphol trains announced
2 years, 6 months ago

Most international trains won’t run in the Netherlands on Friday; Schiphol trains announced

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The planned strike by the unions representing the workers of the national Dutch railway, NS, will heavily impact all international train routes to and from the Netherlands on Friday. No Thalys and Eurostar trains will operate in the Netherlands on Friday “Due to a risk of social unrest at the railways in the Netherlands on Friday September 9, 2022, our …

Maintenance, work to cause train woes this summer
2 years, 8 months ago

Maintenance, work to cause train woes this summer

NL Times  

Train travelers can expect a lot of delays this summer. ProRail has a great deal of maintenance and other work scheduled for the tracks, with most expected to cause extra travel time of 30 minutes or more. For example, ProRail will work on the track between Amsterdam Zuid and Lelystad Central Station from this Friday to Monday. And on Sunday, …

NS to speed up trains from Amsterdam to Berlin, Brussels
4 years, 6 months ago

NS to speed up trains from Amsterdam to Berlin, Brussels

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Dutch national railway service NS is working on plans to cut train travel time between Amsterdam and Berlin and from Amsterdam to Brussels by about 30 minutes each. In a 2018 petition, around 6,500 passengers called on the Dutch government and the NS to create a four-hour high speed train route from Amsterdam to Berlin. Slashing travel time to Brussels …

Limited trains to Schiphol due to rail works
6 years, 2 months ago

Limited trains to Schiphol due to rail works

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Rail manager ProRail will be working on the railways around Schiphol airport over the coming days, which means less train traffic to and from the airport. Over this entire period no trains will run on the route Schiphol Airport - Leiden. On Saturday and Sunday there will also be no trains on the Amsterdam Sloterdijk/Amsterdam Zuid - Schiphol route and …

ProRail, NS want to run trains every 7.5 minutes
6 years, 4 months ago

ProRail, NS want to run trains every 7.5 minutes

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ProRail, NS and other stakeholders believe that the railway timetable can be further increased to cope with passenger growth in the coming years. In a joint exploration of the future, they've established that with a few smart adjustments on the so-called high frequency network, they can run trains every 7.5 minutes, NU.nl reports. The route between Amsterdam and Eindhoven already …

Longer trains to run between Schiphol, Nijmegen by end 2019
6 years, 4 months ago

Longer trains to run between Schiphol, Nijmegen by end 2019

NL Times  

ProRail is accelerating the plan to run longer trains between Amsterdam and Nijmegen to implement it in the autumn of 2019, three years earlier than initially planned. Rail manager ProRail is accelerating the planned adaptions at the Gelderland station at the request of State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven of Infrastructure and the province of Gelderland. By using longer trains on …

NS to test high speed trains between Amsterdam, Groningen
6 years, 4 months ago

NS to test high speed trains between Amsterdam, Groningen

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NS will experiment with high speed intercity trains on the route between Amsterdam and Groningen next year. If the experiment succeeds, the high speed trains may be included in the 2021 timetable. The experimental train will run between Lelystad and Zwolle at speeds of 160 kilometers per hour, instead of the current 140 km/h. Travel time between Amsterdam and Groningen …

Dutch railways basically full, ProRail says
6 years, 7 months ago

Dutch railways basically full, ProRail says

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The Dutch rail network, which spans over 7,300 kilometers, is basically full, according to ProRail. But there is little point to building new railway lines, as there is almost no more room for them, the rail manager said when presenting the rail capacity distribution for 2019, ANP reports. Next year ProRail expects that trains will travel 165 million kilometers in …

ProRail to start testing self-driving trains next year
7 years, 2 months ago

ProRail to start testing self-driving trains next year

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Rail manager ProRail will start experimenting with self-driving trains on several routes next year. The freight trains tests will be done in cooperation with Alstom, a company that is developing a system for automatic train operation. The rail manager is testing an automatic train operation system which has four levels, in which level 1 is only slightly automated and level …

Measures taken to improve passenger flow at Schiphol train station
7 years, 3 months ago

Measures taken to improve passenger flow at Schiphol train station

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ProRail is taking a number of measures to improve the flow of passengers through Schiphol train station, in an effort to keep up with the airport's growth. The first to be implemented, is the installation of an LED screen above the platform, which will show travelers where an oncoming train's doors will be located, AD reports. Next year an escalator …

Trains to run from Amsterdam to Utrecht, Eindhoven every 10 mins. in NS test
7 years, 9 months ago

Trains to run from Amsterdam to Utrecht, Eindhoven every 10 mins. in NS test

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From September 6th NS and ProRail will perform tests in running six trains per hour between Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven. If these tests go according to plan, there will be six trains per hour on this route every day from the start of the new timetable in December, NOS reports. More trains also mean a better chance of finding a …

Rail work stops trains from Amsterdam to Schiphol
8 years, 7 months ago

Rail work stops trains from Amsterdam to Schiphol

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No trains are traveling between Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport today due to rail works on the track between Amsterdam Sloterdijk and the airport. ProRail is also working on other routes between the Dutch capital and the airport, which means that all train passengers traveling between the two locations today, will have to do so by bus, NOS reports. The rail …

More railway chaos for Dutch commuters, Schiphol users
10 years, 1 month ago

More railway chaos for Dutch commuters, Schiphol users

Dutch News  

Problems with the signals led to a sharp reduction in trains between Rotterdam and The Hague on Friday morning and passengers are being warned they face delays of up to one hour. Earlier, train services to Schiphol airport were disrupted after a fire alarm at the airport’s station. Dutch Rail said services will not be back to normal until at …

More railway chaos for Dutch commuters, Schiphol users
10 years, 1 month ago

More railway chaos for Dutch commuters, Schiphol users

Dutch News  

Problems with the signals led to a sharp reduction in trains between Rotterdam and The Hague on Friday morning and passengers are being warned they face delays of up to one hour. Earlier, train services to Schiphol airport were disrupted after a fire alarm at the airport’s station. Dutch Rail said services will not be back to normal until at …

Schiphol trains cancelled through weekend
10 years, 6 months ago

Schiphol trains cancelled through weekend

NL Times  

After trains traveling to Schiphol came to a near stand still on Thursday night, rail traffic to the Amsterdam airport has been cancelled throughout the weekend, and it is expected to remain significantly affected at least to Monday's evening rush hour. Railway maintenance firm ProRail will begin repair work early Saturday at 2:10 p.m. Workers will continue fixing the infrastructure …

Schiphol train traffic stopped by copper theft
10 years, 6 months ago

Schiphol train traffic stopped by copper theft

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Train traffic to Schiphol has come to a near stand still after copper thieves wreaked havoc on the track between the airport and stations at Amsterdam Zuid and Amsterdam Lelylaan. ProRail announced they may need all day to fix the damage, and the train schedule in the busy network is in chaos. The NS expects that there will at least …

Rail network changes for 2015 announced
10 years, 7 months ago

Rail network changes for 2015 announced

NL Times  

Dutch rail maintenance company ProRail is announcing some changes to the rail network in The Netherlands planned for 2015. The Dutch rail system is planned to improve with several large projects and some reorganizations, De Telegraaf reports. On Monday, ProRail announced that there will be new train schedules, dividing 3.3 million train trips over 23 transporters. The new Den Haag …

No trains to Schiphol
11 years, 3 months ago

No trains to Schiphol

NL Times  

Train travelers to, from, or through Schiphol, will be confronted with longer travel times this weekend. The tracks between Schiphol and Amsterdam will be closed for construction, according to NS and ProRail.There will be no train traffic between Schiphol and the stations Amsterdam Sloterdijk, Bijlmer Arena, Diemen Zuid, Amsterdam Zuid, RAI, and Lelylaan. The obstruction starts Friday night around 02:00 …

Limited railroad traffic Schiphol during weekend
11 years, 6 months ago

Limited railroad traffic Schiphol during weekend

NL Times  

Railroad traffic around Schiphol will be severely hampered this weekend by maintenance on the tracks. Travelers should expect fifteen minutes to an hour extra travel time.Most travelers to and from Schiphol will be subjected to additional transfers, bus transportation or detours, reports de NS on Tuesday. NS_Zwolle, author unknown, Wikimedia commons Train traffic has already suffered significant delays earlier, in …

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