THE DUTCH province of South Holland has selected Netherlands Railways (NS) and its German subsidiary Abellio Regio NRW to operate regional passenger services on the electrified line between Gouda – Alphen-aan-den-Rijn.

AT the request of manufacturer Bombardier, Netherlands Railways (NS) withdrew its entire fleet of Traxx F140 MS (class 186) multi-system locomotives from service on April 8 due to excessive pantograph wear.

AnsaldoBreda has generally hit the news headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent years. But with a sale of the company now appearing a distinct possibility, significant restructuring work has taken place behind the scenes to secure the manufacturer's long-term future, as Kevin Smith and Marco Chiandoni discover.

BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Northern a so-called "direct award" franchise for 22 months.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has announced plans to refurbish its fleet of first generation VIRM double-deck emus, the oldest of which entered service 20 years ago.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) and Finmeccanica, the parent company of Italian rolling stock manufacturer AnsaldoBreda, have reached a settlement on the future of the V250 Fyra high-speed trains and the cancellation of the contract by NS.

KING Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands formally inaugurated the rebuilt Rotterdam Central station on March 13.

BELGIUM's state audit office has suspended its investigation into the V250 high-speed train case because it says parties key to the inquiry, including Belgian National Railways (SNCB) and Netherlands Railways (NS), are unwilling to disclose crucial information.

ONE year ago the Dutch-Belgian Fyra high-speed operation collapsed.