The new timetable will see higher passenger train frequencies on two lines. Six InterCity trains per hour will operate between Utrecht and Amersfoort compared with four per hour currently, while during the summer months the service between Haarlem and the coastal town of Zandvoort aan Zee will be stepped up from two to four trains per hour.

Following successful trials with 740m-long freight trains in 2018, some freight operators will be allowed to introduce trains of this length for the first time with the start of the 2020 timetable. Prorail hopes that this will lead to an increase in annual freight volume from 42 million tonnes today to 54-61 million tonnes by 2030.