The Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail received a number of fines and periodic penalties, despite meeting all eight performance indicators set by the ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in 2019. The shortcomings were especially...Read more
DB Cargo expects delays in single wagonload traffic to, from and in the Netherlands. This is because of restrictions at Kijfhoek, the main emplacement yard in the country, in combination with maintenance work on the...Read more
Additional space is available for freight trains on the Dutch railway network, even if that space is requested ad hoc. This is possible as significantly fewer passenger trains are making use of the network during...Read more
In the Netherlands rail freight transport saw an increase in kilometres made last year. Rail freight transport carried out 9.8 million train kilometers, 5 per cent more than the year before. This was mainly due...Read more
For the time being, rail freight operators are not allowed to shunt with hazardous substances at the Waalhaven Zuid freight yard of Rotterdam. The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail announced this on Thursday afternoon. The DCMR...Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has been charged a 25,000-euros fine for failing to timely communicate the tariff for the use of main shunting yard Kijfhoek. Rail operators faced a long period of uncertainty about the...Read more
In the Dutch emplacement of Waalhaven South, a temporary solution of the fire-extinguishing system for freight wagons with dangerous goods was tested, but without success.The test was terminated prematurely because the coupling of one of...Read more
By 2025, around 95 percent of the wagons of all freight trains running in the Netherlands will be equipped with quiet brake blocks. This is a result of European legislation that specifies quiet routes, only...Read more
The freight train emplacement in the Dutch hub of Zwolle has been upgraded. The first phase of a long-term project was completed on 5 October, delivering a ready-for-use new parking station with increased capacity. The...Read more
Dutch access charges should be frozen until the infrastructure is managed properly by ProRail. This was a suggestion of member of Parliament Roy van Aalst (PVV). In a recent debate, he criticised the government and...Read more
Earlier this month the emplacement of Waalhaven in the port of Rotterdam was closed for shunting activities with dangerous goods. A hard hit for the hinterland transport by rail, the industry says. “We have managed...Read more
Starting next year, twenty 740-metre long container trains will run on Dutch railways every week. The trains will be pulled by Dutch carrier LTE and cross the border with Germany via the Brabant route near...Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail has halted shunting with hazardous substances at the Waalhaven yard in the Port of Rotterdam. After research last Friday it became clear that the fire extinguishing water facilities do not meet...Read more
Freight trains on the Maas Line, connecting Roermond, Venlo and Nijmegen in the Netherlands will be given less priority on passenger trains from Arriva. This is a measure to improve performance on the troubled line....Read more
In the Netherlands 740-metre long trains will be included in the timetable from next year. This was announced by the infrastructure manager ProRail on Monday morning. The average length of freight trains in the country...Read more
The launch of maintenance works at the Dutch Kijfhoek classification yard scheduled for last week, from 1 to 4 August, was delayed for an unknown time. ProRail, the Dutch rail infrastructure manager, and contractor Swietelsky...Read more
From Saturday 13 July to Sunday 25 August only one track is available on the German part of the Betuweroute. During this period, the German infrastructure manager DB Netze works with contractors on the construction...Read more
The European Commission has approved a support scheme amounting to 70 million Euros in order to significantly reduce the track access charges for rail freight in the Netherlands. The scheme, which will run from 2019...Read more
A new railway line in the Netherlands is currently being tested for the passage of freight trains. The Hoekse Lijn between Schiedam Centrum and Hoek van Holland is the only railway line in the Netherlands...Read more
In the Netherlands an incentive scheme is under discussion to discourage the use of busy sidings by making the less frequented sidings more attractive. Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail is negotiating such a measure with rail...Read more
The first freight trains with a length of 740 metres can pass the Dutch-German border crossing at Venlo by 2020. That is the expectation of Dimitri Kruik, Director of Capacity Management at ProRail, the Dutch...Read more