Union wants to extend strike De Lijn to Flanders
The disgruntled socialist trade union ACOD wants to expand the strike at the public transport company De Lijn in Flemish Brabant to the whole of Flanders. The union calls for a national strike on Wednesday...
Do not sell Arriva on the Deutsche Bahn agenda until 2020
Deutsche Bahn is postponing the announced sale of Arriva to 2020. That is the outcome of the Deutsche Bahn board meeting last Thursday, which addressed the crisis at the top of…
NS will remove a discount in the afternoon rush hour and deposit the OV card
The 40% discount during the afternoon peak that some season ticket holders with a discount hours card still have. Furthermore, payment afterwards via direct debit (NS Flex) will become standard for almost all season tickets. Travelers don't have to…
Arriva CEO Hettinga: Cabinet does not keep promises
Arriva CEO Anne Hettinga told BNR that he expected much more from the cabinet with regard to the liberalization of public transport and other plans...
Hydrogen train between Groningen and Leeuwarden
There will be a test with a hydrogen train between Groningen and Leeuwarden at the beginning of 2020. The province of Groningen, Arriva, ProRail, Alstom and Engie announced this during the Northern Netherlands Climate Summit on 31…
Ghent tram can no longer run due to lack of…
Three Albatrostrams no longer drive in Ghent because they have no wheels. The supplier of the parts for this type of tram is delayed. At the end of…
Public transport in Flanders is at an all-time low
According to the Flemish Ombudsman Service, there have never been so many public transport complaints about canceled buses. “The shortage of bus drivers must be resolved urgently,” says the Flemish Ombudsman. Last year, 200.000…
van Veldhoven brings back International night train
In the coming years, the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management wants to entice an additional 2 million travelers to opt for the train on international trips to the countries around us.…
€ 18,5 million European subsidy for rail connections
This year, the Netherlands will receive a subsidy of 18,5 million euros from Brussels for international rail connections. 12,6 million of this will go to the fast direct connection between Groningen and Bremen, the so-called Wunderline. Yet…
Eurostar and Thalys will merge at high speed
Last Friday, Eurostar and Thalys announced that they were joining forces. The new combination will transport more than eighteen million travelers annually on a network of high-speed lines. The French national railway company has…
Public transport capacity reaches its ceiling
The transport capacity of public transport in the cities is reaching its ceiling. For example, the current and planned capacity expansion of public transport in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague is not sufficient...
Anonymous OV chip card is not anonymous
The Gelderland court recently reached a verdict and the appeals were declared unfounded. The judge states that NS has a legal basis for collecting the data and…