A STUDY commissioned by Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail has found that the quality of concrete used on some parts of the HSL South high-speed line between Amsterdam and the Belgian border may be of inferior quality and the technical life of some structures could be considerably shorter than originally envisaged.

THE Dutch province of Overijssel is set to sign a contract with Keolis subsidiary Syntus for the operation of Zwolle - Enschede and Zwolle - Kampen regional services from December 2017 after Netherlands Railways (NS) withdrew its appeal against the award.

PRORAIL is facing a shortfall of €475m in its investment budget for 2018-2028, according to an independent financial investigation into the Dutch infrastructure manager's spending plans, which was made public this week.

ROLLING stock leasing company Alpha Trains has awarded Stadler Pankow a contract to supply eight five-car Flirt 3 EMUs, which will be used by Keolis subsidiary Eurobahn on RB61 Wiehengebirgsbahn cross-border services from Bielefeld and Bad Bentheim in Germany to Hengelo in the Netherlands.

Station design is one of five core elements of the Nodes research project. Richard Booth, scheme development manager at Britain's West Midlands transport authority Centro, who led the design element of the project, and Caroline Hoogendoorn, the International Public Transport Association's (UITP) Nodes coordinator, reflect on Nodes achievements at improving interchange design.

FOLLOWING a public tender, Rheinland Local Transport, in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia, has awarded German Rail (DB Regio) a four-year concession to operate Euregiobahn Line RB 20 in the Aachen area.

SEVERAL managers of Dutch railway infrastructure manager Prorail have been forbidden from taking part in tendering procedures for track maintenance contracts.

WORK will start on August 22 on upgrading the cross-border rail link between Heerlen, Netherlands and Aachen, Germany.

DUTCH infrastructure manager Prorail is to reduce track access charges for lightweight multiple units following a ruling by the Consumer and Markets Authority (ACM) that the current level of pricing is excessive and violates the Dutch Railway Act.

AMSTERDAM public transport operator GVB has issued an international tender for a contract to supply 63 low-floor LRVs, which will replace the oldest vehicles in service on the city's 161km tram network.