Quintus Vosman

CONVENTIONAL train services have been withdrawn between Rotterdam and Hook of Holland to allow the line between Schiedam Central and Hook of Holland to be converted to metro operation and connected to the Rotterdam metro.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) will reduce intervals between inter-city services on one of its busiest routes to just 10 minutes from December after giving the final go-ahead for the introduction of a high-frequency timetable on the Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven corridor.

THE Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen are preparing a tender for a contract to operate regional services on non-electrified lines in the north of the country.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) and Prorail have successfully completed a joint research initiative that looked at the use of smartwatches by conductors, with the aim of increasing punctual departures.

THE Dutch court for social economic law has ruled that the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure's decision to award a direct concession to Netherlands Railways (NS) to operate HSL-South was legal.

THE German federal government is preparing draft legislation proposing the establishment of an independent rail accident investigation body.

DUTCH Infrastructure manager Prorail has announced plans to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) reported an increased turnover of €5.1bn (2.4%) in its annual report for 2016 which was released on February 28.

BERLIN-Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB) and Saxony-Anhalt local transport authority Nasa have awarded Hanseatic Railway (Hans) a contract to operate the Elbe-Altmark regional network.

GERMANY’s Federal Railway Authority has given the go-ahead for the first phase of a €440m project to upgrade and electrify the Munich - Memmingen - Lindau line.