‘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, with three demands to facilitate the shift from road to...Read more
ProRail’s plan for track access surcharge for 2025-29 got rejected
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Market (ACM), the Dutch body regulating market competition, rejected ProRail’s plan to implement a track access surcharge. This means that the Dutch infrastructure manager does not have the green...Read more
No freight traffic between Rotterdam and Kijfhoek
There is currently no train traffic between the port of Rotterdam and Kijfhoek, the large emplacement yard located south of the port towards Dordrecht. The emplacement yard is where DB Cargo handles a large part...Read more
Track access charges in the Netherlands rise again in 2024
The track access charges in the Netherlands will increase by 10.5 per cent next year. This was announced by infrastructure manager ProRail on Monday 15 May. The increase is result of inflation, it explains.Read more
Railway site of Dutch accident still closed for repair
Repair of the railway line passing through Voorschoten in the Netherlands is still ongoing. A deadly train accident occurred on this line on 4 April. The repair work is taking longer than expected, says infrastructure...Read moreDutch rail accident: the construction crane was on track too early
UPDATEThe cause of the tragic accident that occurred in the Netherlands has been identified. As Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail said, the BAM construction crane involved in the fatal accident was on the tracks earlier than...Read more
The Netherlands and Belgium are neighbours yet so far in ERTMS rollout
Belgium prides itself that 52 per cent, or 3,333 kilometres, of its national railway network, is equipped with ETCS. Across the border in the Netherlands, by contrast, ‘only’ four lines are currently under ERTMS. Indeed,...Read more
ProRail and Infrabel to improve rail infrastructure at the North Sea Port
ProRail and Infrabel, the Dutch and Belgian rail infrastructure managers will further collaborate with North Sea Port to increase rail freight between the two countries and start a follow-up study this year. The cooperation aims...Read more
The Netherlands digs out 10 million to overcome train nuisance, but from which pocket?
The Netherlands is investing ten million euros to decrease nuisance on the Brabant Route when Germany is building the Third Track between Emmerich and Oberhausen, which will form the extension of the Dutch Betuweroute. During...Read more
Railway tracks in port of Rotterdam up and running again after flooding
Flooded railway tracks in several port yards in Rotterdam have been recovered since Sunday evening. The flooding occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, 12 January, following heavy rainfall and caused disruptions to freight traffic. However,...Read more
Next of many problems for ProRail: railway tracks in Rotterdam under water
Railway tracks in the port of Rotterdam have been underwater in various places since the afternoon of 12 January. According to RailGood, the Dutch employers’ organisation for the rail freight industry, a large part of...Read more
ProRail is failing the Dutch rail freight sector, says organisation
RailGood, the Dutch employers’ organisation for the rail freight industry, is claiming that ProRail, the Dutch infrastructure manager, is failing the sector in the Netherlands. The main issues pointed out by RailGood are excessive increases...Read more100 million euros for longer freight trains in the Netherlands
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has made a total of approximately 100 million euros available for facilities to run freight trains with a length of 740 metres. Infrastructure manager ProRail says that...Read more
Alstom, ProRail, and Lineas test driverless shunting locomotive
Alstom, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and rail freight company Lineas on Tuesday demonstrated the operation of a shunting locomotive on Grade of Automation (GoA) Level 4. Dutch sister publication SpoorPro joined the demonstration of some...Read more
Fire safety in Waalhaven Rotterdam: deadline may not be met
The fire extinguishing facility at the Waalhaven-South yard in the port of Rotterdam may not be ready before the deadline of 1 January 2023. However, the temporary fire extinguishing train may only operate until that...Read more
Port of Moerdijk completes rail investment for operational efficiency
The completion of a renovation project at the Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) in the Dutch port of Moerdijk signals a new beginning for rail operations. A symbolic opening of the multimodal terminal on Friday, 21...Read more
Not enough funds for TEN-T implementation in the Netherlands
Full implementation of all the requirements under the revised TEN-T network is not financially possible in the Netherlands. This was concluded by the infrastructure manager of the Netherlands, ProRail, based on the draft revision of...Read more
Capacity restrictions on Dutch-German border for 1,5 year
The construction of the third track between Emmerich and Oberhausen will include an 80-week period of limited availability for cross-border train traffic. From the beginning of November 2024 to the end of May 2026, fewer...Read more‘Prepare for the heatwave,’ says Dutch infrastructure manager
The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail warned its customers of possible service disruptions occurring from the ongoing heatwave in the country. “The scorching sun creates a lot of heat. This could lead to malfunctions,” explained the...Read more