Tag: NS
1 million kilos of train: salvage operation derailed train sets Voorschoten started
It is not easy to salvage the train equipment: a special construction has been constructed for it. Together, the trainsets weigh about 1 million kilograms, ProRail says. For example, a…
Hundreds of office workers and security guards jump on the train
The rail operator has found 250 of its own office employees willing to be a so-called train assistant for two days a month for a year. They do not have…
NS warns hundreds of thousands of customers about a data breach
Utrecht – Dutch Railways has warned about 780,000 customers that their personal data may be involved in a data breach. The transport company works together with market researcher Blauw, and…
Night trains between Amersfoort and Utrecht until 2024
It concerns two trains from Utrecht Central to Amersfoort and one train from Amersfoort to Utrecht Central on Friday and Saturday nights. The trains are mainly intended for the nightlife…
Employers’ association calls for: ‘Stop regional transport strikes, then we will talk’
This is the third of a total of fifteen strike days, which will be spread over a period of six weeks. The employees of companies such as Arriva, Qbuzz (U-OV),…
Travelers lost track, train takes wrong ‘turn’
According to De Jong, the train eventually came to a stop in the polder, not far from Waarder and Nieuwerbrug. The Sprinter then drove back to Woerden, where everyone had…
More aggression against NS staff, NS wants more room for action
Employees of the Dutch Railways were more often confronted with aggression in the past year. In 2022, more than 950 offenses were committed, about thirty percent more than the year…
Fines for chrome-6 drama: insufficient protection for sanding trains Railway Museum
The judge also ruled that the NedTrain workshop was not equipped at all for working with hazardous substances. For the participants in the project there was little else to do.…
Assistance package for train passengers with a mild intellectual disability
The TreinTrainPakket has not only been developed for, but also partly by people with a mild intellectual disability. There are more than a million of these in the Netherlands. “It…
Pet bottle machines at Utrecht Central aren’t working yet, here’s why
If the technical problem has been resolved and everything runs smoothly, the project will be expanded to the Central Stations in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Eindhoven. The vending machines…