Topic: ProRail

Dutch challenge as Germany works Crucial Dutch Betuwe line closed: 60 of the 80 weeks will be ‘usual busy days’

Next month, the 80-week Betuwe line works will officially start. DB InfraGO will be building a third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, near the border…
Burden on rail freight Dutch track access charges to grow by an average of 4% from 2026

Dutch infrastructure manager (IM) ProRail will raise track access charges (TAC) by an average of four per cent for the period of 2026-2029. The new…
Burden on rail freight Dutch authority okays new rail fee for ProRail from 2026

The Dutch Markets and Consumers Authority (ACM) has approved a new rail fee for ProRail. The infrastructure manager will be able to implement the new…
Rotterdam port Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail promises improvements at port yards

“ProRail is working hard on improvements in the Rotterdam port area,” the company says in its own report. Last week, the railway manager received a…
2023 statistics Tough setback for Dutch rail freight: 12% fewer goods on rail in 2023

Dutch rail freight volumes have dropped significantly in 2023. The overall number shrunk by nearly 12 per cent to 39,3 million tonnes. The setback follows…
Dutch rail freight volumes fell by 10% in 2023

Rail freight volumes in the Netherlands fell by ten per cent in 2023. In its annual rail freight report, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail explains that…
Rotterdam: hazardous goods wagons banned from Pernis shunting yard

The shunting of wagons containing hazardous substances has been suspended at the Pernis railway yard in Rotterdam. The suspension follows the identification of leaks in…
Broken power wire caused the fire on freight train carrying cars a year ago

Almost a year ago, on Wednesday, 14 September, a DB Cargo train transiting in the Netherlands caught fire near the city of Breda on the…
‘The Dutch rail freight sector is going to crumble’, says rail freight association

RailGood, the main rail freight association in the Netherlands, sent a letter to the country’s State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW), Vivianne Heijnen,…