The track is vulnerable to these types of winter conditions. The winter weather with snow, ice and wind causes many disruptions to the track. Unfortunately, it is not possible to start a reliable timetable. Prorail indicates that they do not offer travelers what they are used to because of the many disruptions and finds this extremely annoying for the travelers. Based on the information currently available, it is not clear when we will resume train traffic. NS advises travelers who need to travel to keep an eye on the news, to take into account that it may take a while and to postpone their journey. ProRail and NS are working very hard to start up the timetable for passengers as soon as possible.
There are simply too many disruptions across the country to run a reliable train service right now.
The chairman of the Public Transport Association, Saskia Kluit, has an opinion about the reports from Prorail in which we read that at least until 10 am there are no trains running due to the large number of disruptions. The Rover Traveler Association is the voice of the traveler in public transport.
I like something about this. It can be summarized as: it is 2021 and it is snowing in other countries as well. Why is this still unavoidable in NL? Not only the train is not running, bus services have also been stopped. Not everyone has an office job where people don't work on Sunday. And finally: with this tweet I am not saying that I do not appreciate the use of @prorail or @nsonline.
Rover was founded in 1971 after Father Frans van de Poel was waiting for a delayed bus. He stood in the pouring rain at a bus stop without a good roof and got into conversation with his fellow travelers. It turned out that everyone had wishes for improvements in public transport. As a traveler alone it is difficult to be heard, but together you stand strong. The idea for an association was born. This was called 'Passenger Public Transport', abbreviated to Rover. Today, Rover still consists largely of volunteers who regularly travel by train, bus, tram, metro or any other form of public transport.
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