ARRIVA Netherlands has signed a contract with Stadler for 18 Wink electro-diesel multiple units, which will initially operate on biodiesel on non-electrified lines, with provision for conversion to battery and 1.5kV dc overhead electric operation.
IN what is claimed to be a world first, Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail has completed a programme to make all stations on the Netherlands’ national rail network accessible to passengers who are blind or visually-impared.
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.
DUTCH train and bus operator Syntus adopted the branding of its parent company on October 9, when it began operating under its new title Keolis Nederland.
THE Dutch national rail safety authority ILT granted certification on September 21 for the operation of the multi-system variant of Siemens’ Vectron electric locomotive for operation on freight services in the Netherlands.
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 awarded machine-to-machine technology company Dual Inventive a contract to supply 1500 wireless sensors to remotely monitor the health of points and crossings at key locations across the network.
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.
THE first Flirt 3 EMU for RB61 Wiehengebirgsbahn cross-border services from Bielefeld and Bad Bentheim in Germany to Hengelo in the Netherlands was presented to Keolis Germany managing director Mr Thomas Görtzen by Mr Ulf Braker, Stadler executive vice-president for Germany, at Stadler Pankow’s Berlin Wilhelmsruh plant on August 16.
