Cabinet puts Lelystad to Groningen railway link on ice

1 week ago

Germany and France launch a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris

BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday launched a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris, a connection hailed as a symbol of a close friendship between the two countries and a sign of Europe’s potential to attract more travelers to the rails. At about eight hours, the once-a-day service with German operator Deutsche Bahn’s ICE trains offers an increase …

Europe France Germany Train Paris German Berlin

1 week, 2 days ago

NS expands train schedule with major changes for 2024

NL Times

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 …

Amsterdam Trains Train Rotterdam Schiphol Breda Intercity Trains

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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

NL Times

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 …

Amsterdam Trains Run Rotterdam Intercity Schiphol Airport More Trains

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trains resume service after week of disruptions around Groningen

NL Times

Train service between Groningen and Groningen Europapark resumed on Friday afternoon at 4:19 p.m., following several days of disruptions caused by significant damage to the tracks. The disruptions began during routine maintenance work on a new cycling tunnel at the Esperantokruising, near the Groningen Europapark station. “The damage caused by the severe weather and the construction activities was substantial, but …

Trains Groningen Repairs Prorail

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Still no trains to Groningen Europapark, other issues as NS recovers from storm Cornall

NL Times

Train traffic between Groningen Central Station and Groningen Europapark is still impossible on Thursday after new subsidence of the track and storm Conall interrupted repair works. NS also reported several other train traffic disruptions caused by broken tracks and overhead lines, likely due to the storm. NS also reported that no trains were running between Groningen and Bad Nieuweschans and …

Traffic Train Track Groningen Train Traffic Groningen Europapark Broken Tracks

Track subsidence to disrupt Groningen train taffic until at least Thursday

NL Times

Subsidence under railway tracks in Groningen will disrupt train traffic in the city until at least Thursday, a spokesperson for NS told RTV Noord on Monday. No trains will run between Groningen Central Station and Groningen Europapark, the route where ProRail discovered subsidence early Sunday morning, for all that time. “This means there will be no extra sprinters running between …

Train Run Groningen Prorail Train Traffic Groningen Europapark

1 month ago

No trains between Assen and Groningen outside rush hour on Monday due to track subsidence

NL Times

Due to a subsided track between the stations of Groningen and Groningen Europapark, no trains will run between Assen and Groningen outside rush hour on Monday, reports NS. According to a spokeswoman for the railway company, only a few sprinters will run between Assen and Groningen Europapark during rush hour. There were already problems on Sunday due to the subsidence, …

Trains Run Rush Hour No Trains Groningen Europapark Groningen Outside

1 month ago

Problems with train traffic in Groningen due to track subsidence

NL Times

Due to a subsidence of the track, train traffic around the city of Groningen has been severely disrupted. No trains are running from Groningen to and from Zwolle, and train traffic in the direction of Veendam has also come to a standstill. According to rail manager ProRail, a track subsidence was discovered during maintenance work between Groningen Europapark and Groningen. …

Train Groningen Train Traffic Groningen Europapark

1 month ago

Eemshaven still in the picture for nuclear power plants, misunderstanding in Groningen

NL Times

The Cabinet is looking at the Eemshaven in Groningen as a possible location for two new nuclear power plants. Minister Sophie Hermans wrote in a letter to the lower house of Dutch parliament that the Eemshaven "meets the characteristics for the establishment of nuclear power plants". According to Hermans, this means that the Cabinet "must formally consider" whether there are …

Location Plants Nuclear Power Cabinet Groningen Nuclear Power Plants Hermans

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

NL Times

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 …

Traffic Trains Strike Train Run Wednesday Morning Utrecht

1 month, 1 week ago

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

NL Times

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 …

Strike Train Rail Fnv Prorail Schiphol

5 months ago

Trains to Groningen suspended after fire at bus station

Dutch News

Train services in Groningen were suspended on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a building under construction in the city’s main station. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the roof of the building, which is part of an extensive renovation of the train and bus station. Residents around the city’s Hoofdstation were advised to keep doors …

Groningen

5 months ago

Trains to Groningen suspended after fire at bus station

Dutch News

Train services in Groningen were suspended on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a building under construction in the city’s main station. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from the roof of the building, which is part of an extensive renovation of the train and bus station. Residents around the city’s Hoofdstation were advised to keep doors …

Groningen

7 months, 1 week ago

NS, ProRail fined €3.25 million combined for poor performance on high-speed line

NL Times

Dutch national railway NS and infrastructure firm ProRail will receive a combined total of 3.25 million euros in fines for poor performance and delays on the high-speed route between Amsterdam and Breda. At least 82.1 percent of passengers should have arrived with a maximum delay of five minutes on that route, but the “passenger punctuality” rate was 73.6 percent last …

Fine Prorail Heijnen

10 months, 1 week ago

Railworks: Fewer trains running between Amsterdam, Utrecht for 1.5 weeks

NL Times

Far fewer trains will run between Amsterdam Central Station and Utrecht Central Station from today until Saturday, February 24, due to rail works, NS reported. From today until Saturday, February 17, there will be far fewer trains between Utrecht CS and Hoorn/Uitgeest. From Saturday until Monday, there will be fewer trains on the entire route between Amsterdam CS and Utrecht …

Travel Amsterdam Utrecht Schiphol Fewer Trains Utrecht Cs

10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Train Prorail Intercity Trains

10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Train Prorail Intercity Trains

11 months ago

Trains running again after power failure hits line to Utrecht

Dutch News

Train services round Utrecht are still recovering from a power failure that left passengers stranded for more than four hours on Monday evening. Trains were unable to run to and from Utrecht Centraal after the power cut caused a signal failure at Abcoude, on the main line to Amsterdam. Rail operator ProRail warned that some trains would still be affected …

Trains Utrecht Utrecht Centraal

11 months ago

Trains running again after power failure hits line to Utrecht

Dutch News

Train services round Utrecht are still recovering from a power failure that left passengers stranded for more than four hours on Monday evening. Trains were unable to run to and from Utrecht Centraal after the power cut caused a signal failure at Abcoude, on the main line to Amsterdam. Rail operator ProRail warned that some trains would still be affected …

Trains Utrecht Utrecht Centraal

1 year, 2 months ago

Solution in sight for London-Amsterdam Eurostar train services

Dutch News

Direct train services between Amsterdam and London will be able to continue for most of the period when platforms are closed because of major engineering works, the AD reported on Friday. A Swiss engineering company has come up with a solution which means the route will not be shut down for up to 11 months from next year, Eurostar chief …

London Eurostar

1 year, 2 months ago

Solution in sight for London-Amsterdam Eurostar train services

Dutch News

Direct train services between Amsterdam and London will be able to continue for most of the period when platforms are closed because of major engineering works, the AD reported on Friday. A Swiss engineering company has come up with a solution which means the route will not be shut down for up to 11 months from next year, Eurostar chief …

London Eurostar

1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch Cabinet wants to support the poorest, despite cracks in the State treasury

NL Times

The domestic budget leaves little room for extra expenditure, but the Cabinet still wants to come up with a package of measures to prevent the poorest people in the Netherlands from being unable to pay their bills. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday after the regular weekly Council of Ministers meeting that he wanted to at least limit …

Cabinet Rutte Cpb Power Policy

1 year, 4 months ago

Dutch and Belgian railways to double daily intercity trains to Brussels by 2025

NL Times

The Dutch national railway NS and the Belgian national railway NMBS will double the daily Intercity train services between the Netherlands and Brussels starting in 2025. Lees https://t.co/ynpWpCRlke #icbrussel pic.twitter.com/pEvVTGpIML — NS International August 14, 2023 Furthermore, NS ordered new trains designed for the Amsterdam Zuid - Brussels Midi/Zuid route. Alongside the 16 trains operating from Amsterdam Zuid, a train …

Brussels Amsterdam Trains Netherlands Train Intercity Zuid

1 year, 5 months ago

Travelling by train to NL is more expensive than flying

Dutch News

Travelling to and from the Netherlands by train costs 1.5 times the price of travelling by plane, even though flying is more polluting, a Greenpeace report has revealed. Greenpeace argues taking this journey by train instead of the plane would save 216,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, as much as the annual emissions of all the cars in Groningen. Greenpeace …

Europe Trains Dutch Climate Netherlands Germany Train

1 year, 7 months ago

ICE trains to Germany will be canceled due to German strike, says NS

NL Times

The international ICE trains between the Netherlands and Germany will be canceled from Sunday evening to Tuesday night due to a major national strike by German rail workers, a spokesperson for Dutch national railway NS. Railway staff in Germany will stop working for a 50-hour period beginning on Sunday evening due to a long-running clash over a collective bargaining agreement …

Europe Trains Germany Strike Ice Train Sunday Evening

1 year, 8 months ago

Cheap German train ticket to also work on Enschede, Hengelo routes

NL Times

Train users in Hengelo and Enschede will soon be able to travel with the Deutschlandticket, Germany’s train subscription with which you have unlimited use of local and regional public transport for 49 euros a month. Deputy Bert Boerman hopes that the cheap ticket will mean that more cross-border traffic will use the train. Boerman didn’t say what extending the Deutschlandticket …

Ice Ticket German Enschede Hengelo Train Subscription

1 year, 9 months ago

Most trains in Northern Netherlands cancelled; Delays at Schiphol & on roads

NL Times

A technical malfunction forced the cancellation of most trains operating in the northern provinces of the Netherlands on Tuesday. The second consecutive windy and rainy workday also caused some problems at Schiphol Airport, and the busiest morning rush hour of the year was reported, a situation compounded by rail strikes. The major malfunction at a train traffic control station in …

Traffic Trains Netherlands Train Train Traffic Malfunction Schiphol

1 year, 9 months ago

Amsterdam, Schiphol train disruptions to continue into early Tuesday morning

NL Times

People planning on using the trains to and from the Amsterdam area may have to consider other options on Monday afternoon and evening, as track and switching problems announced earlier in the day have not been fixed. The problems are largely due to a break in the railroad near Amsterdam-Zuid, another in Haarlem, and a broken switch near Amsterdam Centraal. …

Amsterdam Train Prorail Schiphol Haarlem Schiphol Airport

1 year, 9 months ago

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

NL Times

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 …

Train Route Schiphol

1 year, 10 months ago

Plans for 1-hour train between Amsterdam, Groningen enters new phase

NL Times

The government entered a new phase in its plans for the Lelylijn, a railway connection between the north and the Randstad that could mean a 1-hour train between Amsterdam and Groningen. This includes how many stops should be on the line, how many trains per hour, and how fast the fastest train should run between Groningen and Amsterdam. The northern …

Groningen Lelylijn

1 year, 10 months ago

The highest rail route in northern Europe

BBC

The highest rail route in northern Europe MariusLtu/Getty Images Connecting Norway's stylish capital with its most picturesque city, the 496km, 39-station Oslo-Bergen railway is one of the world's most beautiful train journeys. I love watching people's faces when they travel this route for the first time "I love watching people's faces when they travel this route for the first time," …

Europe Credit Railway Train Route Images Line

2 years, 2 months ago

Netherlands further expands energy assistance for 2023 at a cost of €23.5 billion

NL Times

The energy price cap that the Dutch Cabinet plans to introduce has been expanded far more than originally expected. The cost of the package will therefore rise considerably, with the government expecting the scheme to cost around 23.5 billion euros. Consumers will pay a fixed rate of 1.45 euros per cubic meter of gas under the scheme, lower than the …

Energy Cost Billion Cabinet Euros Package

2 years, 3 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 …

Trains Dutch Train German Berlin Prorail

2 years, 3 months ago

No trains between Lelystad and Dronten until Sept. 15

NL Times

No train traffic is possible between Lelystad and Dronten until Sept. 15 due to the consequences of a power failure that affected part of Flevoland on Friday, ProRail reports. The power outage was caused by a short circuit and subsequent fire at the high-voltage substation in Lelystad on Friday afternoon, according to grid operator TenneT. One of the high-voltage cables …

Prorail Lelystad Lelystad And Dronten Dronten

2 years, 5 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, …

Work Rail Summer Train

2 years, 5 months ago

Eurostar boosts train services between London and Amsterdam

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Eurostar will run more direct …

London Eurostar Service

2 years, 6 months ago

New high-speed train to connect Paris and Berlin in seven hours

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. French rail operator SNCF and German operator Deutsche Bahn announced the link in a joint statement last week, with SNCF’s …

Europe France Train French Paris Rail German

2 years, 8 months ago

One-hour train from Amsterdam to Groningen can help resolve housing shortage: Expert

NL Times

The Lelylijn, a 130 kilometer per hour rapid rail connection between Amsterdam and Groningen, could help solve the Netherlands housing crisis, VVD deputy in Friesland, Avine Fokkens-Kelder, said to Nieuwsuur. The fast railway connection between the Randstad and the north will also be good for northern businesses struggling to attract well-trained staff. A problem with this route is that it …

Groningen Lelylijn

3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch rail traffic shut down over train control telephone outage; Limited restart could begin at 7 p.m.

NL Times

Most train traffic in the Netherlands ground to a halt on Thursday evening due to a telecommunications failure at the traffic control posts, national Dutch railway NS confirmed on its website. The failure with the telephone system meant that "very limited train traffic is currently possible," NS said just before 6 p.m. "Due to a telephone outage, we cannot reliably …

Train Prorail Rail Traffic

3 years, 6 months ago

Trains in Netherlands back on track after massive communications outage

NL Times

Trains in the Netherlands returned to normal operations on Tuesday, after a large portion of train traffic was stopped on Monday afternoon. The exact reason for the communications system failure that caused the disturbance is not yet known, with the system considered to be “robust” and “incredibly stable,” broadcaster NOS reported. "Due to a malfunction in our telephone system, it …

Train Prorail Van Kranenburg

3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch rail traffic falls flat across the country; Outage to continue at least to 4 p.m.

NL Times

Railway traffic in a large portion of the Netherlands has ground to a halt, national railway NS announced. "All NS trains will probably not be able to run until 4 p.m.," the NS said. A ProRail representative said trains could be down for the entire day. "Many trains of the regional carriers will probably continue to run," NS said. “If …

Rail Prorail

3 years, 8 months ago

Northern provinces team up to build 220,000 new homes

NL Times

The northern provinces of Drenthe, Friesland, Flevoland and Groningen announced they will work together to create 220 thousand new homes in addition to the existing plans for new housing. By 2035, the goal is to have built a million more new homes in the northern provinces. “In order to consolidate the northern contribution to the housing challenge and the economic …

Northern Thousand Groningen Friesland Provinces Flevoland Northern Provinces

3 years, 8 months ago

Amsterdam lands €1.5 billion to extend subway to Schiphol

NL Times

The outgoing cabinet is spending 1.5 billion euros from the National Growth Fund for the extension of the North / South line to Schiphol and Hoofddorp. The Amsterdam region takes the top prize: a total of 1.5 billion euros is reserved for the extension of the North / South line to Schiphol, which amounts to 50 percent of the estimated …

Billion Euros Schiphol South Line

4 years, 1 month ago

Billion euros raised to extend Amsterdam subway to Schiphol Airport

NL Times

Amsterdam alderman Sharon Dijksma reached an agreement on extending the Noord-Zuid subway line to Schiphol airport with the municipalities involved, the province of Noord-Holland, the transport region, KLM, NS, and Schiphol. These parties agreed to together provide 1 billion euros for the project, Dijksma said to De Telegraaf. This plan will create 122,700 extra jobs and offers the possibility to …

Billion Euros Schiphol Dijksma

4 years, 3 months ago

Plans to make Eindhoven international railway hub

NL Times

Plans are in the works to turn Eindhoven into a major international railway hub, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done for these plans to become reality, a spokesperson for rail operator ProRail said to ANP after reports in De Telegraaf. As such Eindhoven is already an essential part of the national rail network, …

Eindhoven Dusseldorf Work Prorail

4 years, 3 months ago

NS to speed up trains from Amsterdam to Berlin, Brussels

NL Times

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 …

Brussels Amsterdam London Train Travel Dutch Route Rail

Cabinet puts Lelystad to Groningen railway link on ice

History of this topic

Plans for two key Northern Netherlands rail lines are not dead yet, says minister

Discover Related