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No trains will run on parts of the route between Arnhem and Utrecht from Tuesday, October 20 to Saturday, October 31 due to track work. ProRail is carrying out maintenance and constructing a new railway underpass at Wolfheze station. The work is split into two phases, also affecting train services to Rhenen during the first few days.
The Pieterburen Seal Center, which recently became part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Center, is in danger of going bankrupt within two weeks. The center has been struggling with financial problems for some time. These deteriorated further last week and now the end is really near, the board says. The immediate reason for the announcement is the loss of financial support that had been expected.
Start the conversation: that is the message of a new campaign for suicide prevention on the railways. Every year, around 200 people die in the Netherlands due to a collision with a train. There are even more frequent suicide attempts. Drivers, conductors and employees of ProRail are now going public with their stories in a campaign by 113 and the rail companies.
Good morning! In a rare speech, the US Supreme Commander of NATO addresses the question of how Russia can be defeated in an attack and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics is announced. First, the weather: today, the sun and cloud fields alternate. In the course of the afternoon, cloud cover increases from the west.
An explosion took place at a hairdresser's in Vlaardingen last night around 11 p.m. The explosion caused damage to the facade. A shop window was completely blown away. The cause of the explosion has not been disclosed.
After a few very wet days, we will have calm autumn weather in the coming week. In fact, it gets quite warm for mid-October. There is sun and very little rain. The cause of the revival of this sunny and warm weather are two strong high-pressure areas that push rain, wind and clouds to the far north of Europe.
A driver of a car in Leeuwarden crashed into a traffic light last night. The traffic light for cyclists on Julianalaan has come loose from the ground. No one was injured in the accident. It is not clear how the driver left the road.
They receive questions from job seekers, people who would like to change jobs and from employers who are urgently looking for staff. The employees of Werkcentrum Fryslân can now be found for a year at the Stationsweg in Leeuwarden. They noticed this. "More and more young people are coming."
Train service between Rotterdam and Delft is suspended until at least 11:00 PM following an arson incident at a railway bridge in Rotterdam-Delfshaven. Rail infrastructure manager ProRail has not ruled out sabotage. Repairs to the damaged tracks are expected to last until at least Sunday evening.
A power outage has severely disrupted train traffic to and from Schiphol Airport. No trains are running between Amsterdam-Zuid, Schiphol, and Hoofddorp. This has led to heavy overcrowding at the airport and delays across various stations in Amsterdam.
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