THE new Abellio regional cross-border train service between Düsseldorf main station, Germany, and Arnhem Central, Netherlands, began operating on April 6.

AMSTERDAM’s North-South Line moved a step closer to opening on April 6 with the first full-speed test run on the 9.8km metro line, which will connect Amsterdam North, Central Station and the city’s historic centre and with the business district in the south of the capital

THE first CAF New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMU for Netherlands Railways (NS) began dynamic testing at the VUZ Velim test centre in the Czech Republic on April 5.

CONVENTIONAL train services have been withdrawn between Rotterdam and Hook of Holland to allow the line between Schiedam Central and Hook of Holland to be converted to metro operation and connected to the Rotterdam metro.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) will reduce intervals between inter-city services on one of its busiest routes to just 10 minutes from December after giving the final go-ahead for the introduction of a high-frequency timetable on the Amsterdam - Utrecht - Eindhoven corridor.

THE Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen are preparing a tender for a contract to operate regional services on non-electrified lines in the north of the country.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) confirmed on March 16 that the first New Generation Sprinter (SNG) EMU has left CAF’s plant at Beasain in northern Spain.

NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) and Prorail have successfully completed a joint research initiative that looked at the use of smartwatches by conductors, with the aim of increasing punctual departures.

THE Dutch court for social economic law has ruled that the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure's decision to award a direct concession to Netherlands Railways (NS) to operate HSL-South was legal.

DUTCH Infrastructure manager Prorail has announced plans to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030.