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Belgian trade union strike to affect Dutch rail schedule on Sunday evening and Monday
1 week, 5 days ago

Belgian trade union strike to affect Dutch rail schedule on Sunday evening and Monday

NL Times  

The train strike that is set to begin in Belgium on Sunday evening will also impact the Dutch railway. There will be fewer EuroCity and Eurocity Direct trains from and to Belgium and the Eurostar will have an altered schedule. NS reported that various Eurocity Direct trains between Lelystad Centrum and Brussel-Zuid/Midi will be canceled. Belgian trade unions have called …

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Rail workers start rush hour strike affecting passenger trains in most Dutch cities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rail workers start rush hour strike affecting passenger trains in most Dutch cities

NL Times  

Many commuters are expected to be inconvenienced by railroad worker strikes in the Netherlands on Wednesday morning. The three-hour strike was scheduled to begin at 6 a.m., and was expected to affect service in all of Noord-Holland, including Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, and Alkmaar, but also a much wider area due to the importance of the region to the national passenger …

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Almost all Dutch trains halted by strike around Utrecht
2 years, 6 months ago

Almost all Dutch trains halted by strike around Utrecht

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 Almost the entire Dutch railway …

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Explosion in Dutch train car leaves one dead
5 years, 11 months ago

Explosion in Dutch train car leaves one dead

NL Times  

One person was killed in an explosion on a passenger train car in Nijmegen on Sunday morning. Witness accounts suggest that parts of the train came to rest dozens of meters away from the affected train car. The windows of the train wagon came to rest twenty meters away," he told AD. Among the equipment at the rail yard are …

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No credit cards for Dutch Rail
10 years, 9 months ago

No credit cards for Dutch Rail

Dutch News  

Not with Dutch Rail, writes Annemarie van Gaal. I went to the NS Hispeed website with its display of credit card logos and the promise of ‘easy online booking’. Using a credit card to pay for an international ticket was impossible as well: ‘I’m sorry, NS do not accept credit cards.’ And there he was. ‘I’m sorry, we don’t accept …

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Fines and compliments
11 years ago

Fines and compliments

Dutch News  

Welcome to Dutch Rail where failing administrators are given top jobs and golden goodbyes. Take last week’s bit of news about Dutch Rail being fined €2.75m for abysmal service in 2012. According to junior transport minister Wilma Mansveld the money will not go into the ‘general means’ kitty but will be spent on improvement of the railway so travellers profit …

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