Tag: NS
NS is slashing timetable in 2023 due to staff shortages
According to NS, the current timetable is still based on the expected “substantial” passenger growth from 2019. “The world looks really different now,” says acting president of the NS, Bert…
NS staff will go on strike, on August 30 in the Central Netherlands
Utrecht – Personnel of the Dutch Railways will stop working locally next week and the week after. These are 24-hour relay strikes, which will start next Wednesday in the north…
NS is testing checking in with debit cards
To make traveling by train easier, NS is testing contactless check-in with a debit card. The Utrecht rail company will start looking for travelers who want to try the new…
NS: more discount for travelers who choose a quiet train
As an example of cost-conscious travel, Smit gives the intercity that leaves Eindhoven at 10.15 am for the journey to The Hague, with two thirds of the seats occupied. “If…
NS sees aggression increasing and wants more powers for staff
In order to be able to act more quickly, the NS wants the specially trained employees to be able to determine the identity of someone from now on. The police…
No more trains on Friday from 2 p.m. due to storm
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Due to storm Eunice, fewer trains will run on Friday morning and all train traffic will be stopped from 2 p.m. The NS reports that this…
NS about station report numbers: ‘The aim is to have every station in the city rated with a 7’
One of the pillars that determine the score of a station is therefore the environment. And that is one of the reasons why the area around the station in the…