ProRail pays the taxi costs if the lift does not work
ProRail will replace approximately 80 lifts at 30 stations over the next ten years. Have you got off on track 1 at Heemstede-Aerdenhout station and discovered on the spot that the…
Innovations for a safer platform at Den Bosch station
With smart ideas and innovative solutions, Prorail is working on a track that is ready for the future. Three new innovations for a safer platform edge can be admired at 's-Hertogenbosch station.…
Prorail announces contractor work in Oldenzaal
The travel time of the Intercity between Amsterdam and Berlin should speed up due to the adjustments that Prorail is having carried out at the Oldenzaal station. This year, Oldenzaal station will have one…
Delay in Prorail safety facilities at the port of Rotterdam
ProRail takes mitigating measures to combat any incidents as effectively as possible. During the last Kopgroep, alderman Chantal Zeegers (D66) of Rotterdam decided on behalf of the mayor and aldermen that…
Birgit Otto becomes temporary COO of ProRail
Birgit succeeds Ans Rietstra in her temporary role as COO. Birgit Otto will start as interim COO at ProRail on January 9, 2023. She fulfills this position until...
The rail sector is short of technical professionals
This new initiative will start as a pilot on March 1, 2023 and will ensure an influx of railway engineers in the short term. The rail sector is short of technical professionals. To…
Campaign: Nothing is more dangerous than the railway
ProRail recently started a new campaign, the campaign is called: Nothing is more dangerous than the railway. This campaign is intended to increase young people's awareness about railway safety. Out…
Stations are getting more and more new AEDs
According to the Heart Foundation, approximately 17.000 people in the Netherlands suffer a cardiac arrest outside the hospital every year. Because the heart stops pumping, the organs and brain no longer receive blood supply and therefore no oxygen. Cardiac arrest is a…
Anger predominates among travelers with disabilities
You must be able to trust that accessibility features simply work. Traveling is something that comes naturally and easily to most of us, but that is not the case for people with…
Mayor of Haarlemmermeer wants agreements with NS
It was only later in the day that it became apparent that there would be no more trains running on Sundays. Mayor Marianne Schuurmans wants to make clear agreements with the NS about the failure of the…
Stork nests in overhead wires are a problem
You have probably seen them in the overhead lines above the railway somewhere in the Netherlands, stork nests. With spring just around the corner, we will soon be doing this again…
Eunice leaves a huge job for Prorail
Wherever Prorail inspects, they encounter trees on the track. Such as between Middelburg and Vlissingen where a tree has destroyed the entire overhead line portal. Yet it turns out that trains…