Tag: public transport
Blind and dependent on the bus, but it runs less often: “It really is an impossible mission”
Blind and partially sighted people are affected by the new public transport timetable. Fewer buses have been running since Sunday due to the staff shortage. Visually impaired people are therefore…
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…
Flexible and accessible: the province wants improvements in new public transport providers
According to the province, the most important thing is that the buses and trams respond better to developments in Utrecht. This concerns, for example, the growth in the number of…
‘Travel by train almost impossible for people with disabilities’
Due to all the circumstances, it is currently almost impossible for people with a disability to travel by train, says Elke(in), the interest group for people with a physical disability,…
Nieuwegein wants to invest 15 million in fast metro to Utrecht: ‘Construction Merwedelijn is crucial’
Nieuwegein also puts forward the housing shortage as an argument. Alderman Eggengoor: “We need the Merwedelijn to be able to build the homes, for which there is such a great…
Rover urges travelers to avoid trains during relay strikes
Province of Utrecht – Do you have to take the train to work tomorrow, or go somewhere else? Then look for an alternative way to travel there, or just work…
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…
Utrecht taxi drivers dissatisfied: ‘We are considering actions’
Utrecht – Taxi drivers in Utrecht are dissatisfied. They have the idea that it is made unnecessarily and deliberately difficult for them by the municipality of Utrecht. They are no…
Utrecht Light Rail will run again, from Monday without a transfer to Utrecht Science Park
New timetable A new timetable will come into effect from next Monday. Lines 20 and 21 will then run eight times an hour on weekdays from the Nieuwegein-Zuid and IJsselstein-Zuid…
Province and municipality of Utrecht put millions in public transport for housing
Deputy Huib van Essen: “What distinguishes us from other regions is that we combine the construction of all those new, affordable homes with more greenery. Under the motto ‘green grows…