BRITISH railfreight operator Freightliner is set for a major expansion of its international activities after announcing on June 19 that it has acquired Rotterdam-based intermodal operator ERS Railways from Maersk…
ABELLIO Rail NRW signed a contract with Stadler Pankow on June 12 for a fleet of 20 five-car Flirt emus, which will be used on the Dutch-German Lower Rhine Network…
THE Dutch government announced on June 7 that it has decided to cancel its contract with AnsaldoBreda for 16 V250 high-speed trains, in accordance with the wishes of Netherlands Railways…
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) says it is considering abandoning its fleet of V250 trains as it is unconvinced that AnsaldoBreda will be able to correct the numerous faults on the trains…
THE saga surrounding Fyra cross-border services between the Netherlands and Belgium took another twist on May 31, when Belgian National Railways (SNCB) announced it had cancelled its order for V250…
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has asked the Dutch Consumer and Market Authority (ACM) to clarify its position on plans being developed by the municipality of The Hague for a new open-access…
THE Dutch competition court has that ruled that greater Utrecht regional public transport authority acted lawfully in awarding the concession for the city's light rail and bus networks to Qbuzz,…
During Global Transport Forum's signalling and train control conference in Vienna in March Mr Jos Holtzer, with Netherlands Railways passenger rolling stock and energy division, questioned whether GSM-R in its…
PLANNING for a direct rail link beneath the IJmeer Lake to connect eastern Amsterdam with Almere has been suspended due to the slump in the Dutch property market and constraints…
