Etiket: rail
US Senate averts large-scale rail strike: “Avoid catastrophic Christmas”
The US Senate on Thursday approved a bill from the Biden administration by a convincing majority (80-15) that aims to avert a large-scale railway strike. The US parliament succeeded in…
Possibly a majority in the House for extra money for rail in the North, but the cabinet refuses to make cuts
Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, and Vivianne Heijnen, State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, during a debate in the House of Representatives on the budget for…
‘Billions for road and rail divided unevenly between Randstad and North’
Tackling ‘the bottleneck’ on the track between Meppel and Zwolle and the construction of the Lower Saxony line should be higher on the government’s list of priorities, says Member of…
Parliamentary factions want more rail money for ‘greatly underserved Northern Netherlands
More money needs to be spent on the infrastructure in the Northern Netherlands. Several parties in the House of Representatives advocated this today. The cabinet recently distributed 7.5 billion euros…
Cabinet holds hand on budget for North. For the time being, no money for rail Meppel and Lower Saxony line
The coalition parties VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie, but also most opposition parties, clashed on Monday in a committee meeting with Minister Mark Harbers of Infrastructure and State Secretary Vivianne…
A lot of money to Brabant for roads and rail
Brabant will receive a large sum of money to invest in roads and railways. By investing in this, considerably more homes can be built. Across the Netherlands, 7.5 billion euros…
2.6 kilometers of rails and 6,000 screws for sale: rail bikes stopped in Holtingerveld
Today was the very last chance to go rail cycling on the Holtingerveld. The landowners no longer allow it. “It was a very nice project. I have had a lot…
Cabinet grants NS the most important rail routes, despite European criticism
The government is sticking to its intention to award the operation of the most important intercity trains and local trains to the Dutch Railways in the future as well. That…
Rail strike: alternative train service is proceeding as planned
Rail strike: alternative train service is proceeding as planned Due to a 24-hour strike at the railways, only a quarter of the trains in Belgium have been running since Tuesday…
Federal government cannot reassure rail unions: 24-hour strike starts Tuesday evening
The joint trade union front at the railways confirms that the 24-hour strike – from Tuesday 4 October at 10 pm – will continue. The letter sent by Prime Minister…