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Rijkswaterstaat advises road users not to use the road. Due to the expected weather conditions and the first snowstorm in more than ten years, there is a chance that the buses and trains will be affected by the winter weather in the coming days. Therefore, take into account any delay or failure of the regular services. If you have to travel on Sunday, it is wise to look for alternatives. With the exception of the far south, it is freezing all over the country. The Netherlands woke up this morning under a white blanket, which was little or not trampled on by the cooperation of the curfew.

startup problems 

NS also has Sunday mornings startup problems and do not expect to set up a timetable until 12 noon. The GVB will scrap all tram lines, only tram 26 will continue to run and HTM Tram 1, 12, 16 and 9 will run with delays due to weather conditions. The same picture at Keolis Blauwnet. Due to the severe winter weather and the increasing number of switch failures, trains do not run around 10.30 am. With the exception of Almere, there are currently no buses (10.30 am). RRReis buses do not leave until 12.00:12.00 this morning. After 11 noon we will check whether it is possible to restart the timetable. At Hermes in South-East Brabant, there are currently no buses. This will take until at least 00:XNUMX AM. Arriva's buses in Achterhoek, Flevoland, Friesland, Groningen, North Brabant, Limburg, Rivierenland and South Holland will not run until further notice.

aviation

Arriving traffic to Eindhoven airport will be diverted to Cologne until 12.00 noon and departing traffic is not possible anyway. Due to weather conditions, flights to and from Schiphol may be delayed or canceled on Sunday 7 February. The call is still to stay at home as much as possible and not go out unnecessarily. Only travel when necessary. Due to the harsh winter weather, no one in the Netherlands will be vaccinated against the corona virus on Sunday. All test streets of the GGDs in the country will also be closed on Sunday, reports GGD-GHOR Nederland, the national organization of the GGDs.

On Sunday it will continue to snow and a lot of wind is expected. Two circumstances that do not exactly promote the growth of natural ice. Don't count on us being able to skate safely this weekend. The KNMI has announced code red for the entire country before Sunday. It is not recommended to take to the road because the combination of snow and strong wind can create dangerous situations.

blizzard Darcy

According to weather.nl On the Houtribdijk (dike Enkhuizen-Lelystad) an hourly wind force 23 has just been measured between 00:8 and midnight in combination with snowfall. That is officially talked about a snowstorm in our country. It is the first snowstorm in a long time: the last snowstorm took place in January 2010. From now on there is a weather alert for the entire country, so a code red. This warning has been issued by the KNMI for snow in combination with a lot of wind and light to moderate frost. Most snow is now in Nijmegen and Ottersum with 8 cm.

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Amsterdam bicycles in the snow
Amsterdam bicycles in the snow