The Doldersum family is building a new road itself, so that unguarded level crossings can go away

So cheaper and faster. Not only regional director Northeast Dorothé Wennekendonk of ProRail is satisfied, so are the Arriva drivers who run their trains between Emmen and Zwolle every day. There is still a lot of work to be done for ProRail, because there are still a number of unguarded level crossings in this railway line. “But every less is one,” says Arriva driver Marend van der Veen. “In addition, it was pretty dangerous at Doldersum in New Amsterdam.”