Tag: NS
Read back live blog: This is how King’s Day went in the province of Utrecht
The Strongest team in Eemnes competition is held annually on King’s Day. The teams consisting of duos were given assignments today such as lifting a belt, throwing a bag, pulling…
King’s Day live blog: Free markets in full swing | Games in Amersfoort
Today, 09:30 • 3 minutes reading time Province of Utrecht – The king is with his family in Emmen today, but his birthday is also well celebrated in our province.…
King’s Day live blog: Free markets in full swing | First beers tapped
Today, 09:30 • 3 minutes reading time Province of Utrecht – The king is with his family in Emmen today, but his birthday is also well celebrated in our province.…
Rain of complaints about new rules for NS joint travel discount
According to Rover, travelers who are less digitally skilled are particularly at risk. They would not always be able to take advantage of the discount. But if you do know…
NS will halt train traffic for 3 minutes this weekend: ‘Must be done with violence against conductors’
The NS wants to send a strong signal with this action, together with the unions. “It can’t go on like this,” says NS boss Wouter Koolmees. “Last weekend’s violent incident…
NS asks for more money to prevent expensive train tickets, Chamber hesitates
The House was less accommodating than Koolmees seemed to hope. Several parliamentarians asked the NS director whether he could do more to save costs, for example by divesting foreign activities…
NS is considering making train tickets 10 percent more expensive, Rover wants politicians to take action
The NS already increased most prices last year by 4.3 percent, more than the inflation of 3.8 percent for the whole of 2023. But in the years before that, the…
NS introduces a special code for a joint travel discount: ‘I have already heard all the excuses’
Chief conductor Willem Bax (59) has been checking travelers’ train tickets for 35 years. He is one of the NS employees who devised this code in a working group. In…
More violence against NS employees again: the number of incidents has been increasing for years
Utrecht – The number of NS employees who became victims of violence increased again last year. That reports The Telegraph. Since the corona crisis, aggression against NS employees has been…
Busier trains and longer travel times: fewer trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam from today
The adjusted timetable applies from today until Monday February 26. Work will then take place on tracks 2 to 8 on the east side of Amsterdam CS. On February 14…