A major capacity enhancement project south of Amsterdam was completed in the early hours of August 10, when Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail reopened the Schiphol Airport - Duivendrecht/Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena line following five years of reconstruction work.

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail has awarded Strukton Systems a contract to install the Dutch ATB-Vv train protection system on around 400 signals on the Rotterdam - Venlo and Alkmaar - Maastricht lines.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) will introduce a high-frequency service on the Amsterdam - Eindhoven corridor and step up train frequency on other routes in December 2017.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) concluded a contract worth more than €800m with Alstom on July 15 for 79 single-deck Inter-City New Generation (ICNG) EMUs after a court rejected a legal challenge from Siemens.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has exercised a second and final option with Bombardier for eight additional class 186 Traxx multi-system electric locomotives, taking its fleet to 45 units.

CAF, Spain, has reported a 39% drop in net profit for the first quarter of 2016 which fell from €14m in the first quarter of 2015 to €8.6m this year. Nevertheless CAF says its prospects for 2016 remain unaltered due to a strong order pipeline and improved efficiency.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has selected Alstom as preferred bidder in the best and final offer phase for a contract to supply a fleet of 200km/h EMUs under its Intercity New Generation (ICNG) programme.

TESTING of Eurostar's Siemens e320 Velaro (class 374) high-speed trains on the Dutch national network began on April 28 as the international operator prepares for the launch London - Amsterdam services.

PRORAIL has submitted its 2015 performance figures to Dutch secretary of state for infrastructure Mrs Sharon Dijksma, revealing that infrastructure-related train delays on the Dutch main line network fell last year.