Tag: NS
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…
Collective bargaining in regional transport, national strike if this fails
The trade union FNV is negotiating with employers in regional transport today. If this collective bargaining agreement does not yield any results, thousands of bus drivers, drivers and conductors will…
Slipperiness and fog: spreading teams in rope and many traffic jams
The KNMI has issued code yellow for the province of Utrecht, among others. In a large part of the country it can be slippery in places, especially on (bicycle) bridges…
NS donates train parts to twenty nursing homes to imitate compartments
Alzheimer Nederland and NS are donating the train benches, tables, luggage racks and tipping waste bins. This allows the nursing homes to build their own compartment. “Almost everyone likes to…
Third of trains extended in new NS timetable
Utrecht – NS is extending a third of all trains in the 2023 timetable, which will start on Sunday 11 December. According to the railway company, this increases the chance…