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April 16, 2019 | Infrastructure

Work begins on Zwolle - Herfte quadrupling

A ceremony was held in the Dutch province of Overijssel on April 11 to officially launch work on the quadrupling of the line between Zwolle station and Herfte junction.

April 15, 2019 | Fleet

NS receives €21m for V250 Fyra debacle

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has received €21m in compensation from Finmeccanica as part of a 2014 settlement between the two companies following the cancellation of NS’ order for 16 AnsaldoBreda V250 Fyra high-speed trains.

April 12, 2019 | Freight

New Netherlands - Poland intermodal service planned

SCHAVEMAKER Logistics & Transport, Netherlands, has announced it will launch a new intermodal rail freight service between the port of Moerdijk south of Rotterdam and Kąty Wroclawskie near Wroclaw in Poland.

April 4, 2019 | Locomotives

Strukton Rail launches hybrid locomotive project

STRUKTON Rail has acquired a former Netherlands Railways (NS) electric locomotive for conversion to a hybrid as it seeks to reduce emissions from its infrastructure maintenance operations.

April 3, 2019 | Europe

Maas Line electrification to go ahead despite cost escalation

THE planned electrification of the 84km Nijmegen - Venlo - Roermond Maas Line is set to go ahead, despite a significant cost escalation, after Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Gelderland agreed to increase the budget from €154.6m to €213m.

March 14, 2019 | Main line

Dutch to restore passenger services to Stadskanaal

AN agreement to reinstate regular passenger services on the 26km Veendam - Stadskanaal line has been reached between the Dutch government, the province of Groningen, infrastructure manager ProRail and heritage railway association Star.

March 13, 2019 | Fleet

DB previews Talgo ‘ECx’ long-distance train

GERMAN Rail (DB) and Talgo presented the design for a new fleet of long-distance trains to federal minister of transport and digital infrastrucuture, Mr Enak Ferlemann, on March 13.

March 4, 2019 | Europe

International expansion drives NS revenue growth

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) is now generating almost half of its turnover from international operations, according to the operator’s 2018 financial results, which were published on February 28.

February 28, 2019 | Main line

Small Dutch stations to benefit from €65m improvement programme

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has unveiled plans to invest €65m in improvements at around 200 small stations across the country.

February 15, 2019 | Fleet

Alstom rolls out first Intercity New Generation EMU for NS

THE first Intercity New Generation (ICNG) EMU for Netherlands Railways (NS) has left the Alstom plant in Katowice, Poland, bound for the manufacturer’s facility in Salzgitter, Germany, where static testing will be carried out.

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