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November 25, 2022 | Policy

Netherlands to spend €4bn on public transport infrastructure

Investment in rail, metros and light rail to improve connectivity.

February 15, 2022 | Freight

Record year for freight on Dutch network in 2021

Freight volumes increased to 14.7 billion tonne-km in 2021.

November 5, 2021 | Infrastructure

Work underway to alleviate Port of Rotterdam bottleneck

Trains are set to begin using a new 4km stretch of elevated railway on November 8.

May 25, 2021 | Technology

Siemens wins €110m contract to modernise key European freight yard

The yard management systems at Kijfhoek marshalling yard will be automated.

October 9, 2020 | Freight

DB Cargo announces new services from Antwerp and Rotterdam.

GERMAN Rail’s (DB) freight subsidiary DB Cargo has announced that it will offer new services from December linking the ports of Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Antwerp, Belgium, with economic hubs in Germany and Austria.

July 16, 2020 | Main line

Renovated Rotterdam Alexander station reopens

THE renovated Rotterdam Alexander station was officially reopened to the public in a live-streamed ceremony on July 10, following two years of work.

February 13, 2020 | Metros

Failed projects offer valuable lessons for future schemes

The possibilities for the application of light rail as a high-quality mode of urban public transport are countless.

December 2, 2019 | Locomotives

LWR workshop officially opens at port of Rotterdam

LOCOMOTIVE Workshop Rotterdam (LWR) opened its new locomotive workshop at Maasvlakte in the west of the port of Rotterdam on November 26.

September 30, 2019 | Metros

Hook of Holland light metro line finally opens

ROTTERDAM’s public transport operator RET held a public open day on September 28 ahead of a start-up operational phase for the Hook of Holland light metro line on September 30.

July 23, 2019 | Metros

Hook of Holland light metro line to open in September

THE project to convert the Schiedam - Hook of Holland line from a conventional railway to light metro operation and integrate it into the Rotterdam metro network, will be completed on September 30, two years later than originally planned and €90m over budget.

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