AFTER running its final diesel-operated services at the end of 2017, Netherlands Railways (NS) has sold its last remaining DMUs to a Romanian operator.

THE former CEOs of Netherlands Railways (NS) and Veolia Netherlands have gone on trial at the Court of Justice in 's-Hertogenbosch accused of corruption, fraud, forgery, and the leaking of confidential commercial information during the tendering of regional rail and bus services in the province of Limburg.

TESTING has started in the Dutch province of Utrecht with the helloGo app, which will enable passengers to plan, book and purchase tickets using a single app for all modes of transport including rail, bus, taxi, bicycle and car rental.

JUST a month after it received its final Stadler Rail Flirt 3 Sprinter EMUs, Netherlands Railways (NS) revealed another new suburban train at Nedtrain’s Zaanstraat workshop in Amsterdam on October 19, when the CAF-built New Generation Sprinter (SNG) was presented to the press for the first time.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has unveiled a mock-up of its Intercity New Generation (ICNG) EMU, 79 of which were ordered from Alstom in 2016.

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has released details of the 2018 timetable, which starts on December 10 2017, where the country’s 40-plus train operators plan to operate an all-time high of over 160 million train-km. This compares with 125 million train-km in 2003.

CAF has delivered a Netherlands Railways (NS) New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMU to the Rail Tec Arsenal facility in Vienna for testing in the company’s climatic chamber.

THE Dutch anti-monopoly office, ACM, has issued a €41m fine to Netherlands Railways (NS) for abusing its economic position in the public transport market in a tender for regional operations in the Province of Limburg.