Dutch infrastructure manager (IM) ProRail will raise track access charges (TAC) by an average of four per cent for the period of 2026-2029. The new…
The Dutch Markets and Consumers Authority (ACM) has approved a new rail fee for ProRail. The infrastructure manager will be able to implement the new…
On 2 July, the Netherlands got its new government. Parties involved in Dutch rail freight figured that new leadership may also provide new opportunities, and…
“There is no reason for the member states to act indirectly as market participants via state-owned, integrated companies”. This was stated in a joint paper…
It was a long and complex process, which many expected to fail at one point or another. After half a year, the Dutch coalition negotiations…
The Netherlands desperately lack a vision for rail freight. That is the message of Hans-Willem Vroon, director of RailGood, a Dutch organisation promoting the interests…
The Dutch government coalition led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned at the beginning of July. Many industry players in the Netherlands voiced their disapproval…
RailGood, the main rail freight association in the Netherlands, sent a letter to the country’s State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW), Vivianne Heijnen,…
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Market (ACM), the Dutch body regulating market competition, rejected ProRail’s plan to implement a track access surcharge. This means…
Various Dutch politicians took to social media to express their disapproval regarding the fact that the Netherlands will take care of household waste produced in…
The Netherlands is investing ten million euros to decrease nuisance on the Brabant Route when Germany is building the Third Track between Emmerich and Oberhausen,…
Flooded railway tracks in several port yards in Rotterdam have been recovered since Sunday evening. The flooding occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, 12 January,…