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 …
The NS will use the same number of trains as previously planned during the Formula 1 in Zandvoort at the beginning of September, despite the fact that only two thirds of the original number of visitors may be present at the event. Travelers association Rover stated that fewer and shorter trains will therefore run elsewhere in the country and asked …
The pandemic was even harder on NS than expected, according to annual figures the rail company will publish on Thursday. Instead of the 1 billion euros loss NS expected to, 2020 left the rail company with a loss of 2.5 billion euros, insiders told newspaper AD. The coronavirus and its lockdowns resulted in NS passengers halving last year, after a …