Rotterdam’s harbour line closed for 96 hours this weekend
This coming weekend, rail freight transport via the troubled harbour line in the port of Rotterdam will shut down for 96 hours for large-scale work.…
5G enters Dutch railways with this innovation
In the Netherlands a new product is on the horizon; a wireless axle counter that works on 5G. The infrastructure manager ProRail and innovator Rail…
Rotterdam’s Harbour Line remains point of attention
On average, the condition of the Dutch rail infrastructure was good, the number of disruptions remained the same as the year before, and the number…
Extra money is needed to keep Harbour Line Rotterdam in check
If no extra money is made available for track maintenance, this will have major consequences for the accessibility of the port of Rotterdam. This leads…
First freight train runs on new railway to port of Rotterdam
The Theemsweg route in the port of Rotterdam is now connected to the existing Harbour Line. On Monday morning 8 November 5 am, the first…
6-day closure of Rotterdam’s Harbour Line starts today
Starting Tuesday 2 November, the Harbour Line to the port of Rotterdam is closed for all traffic. This will last until Monday 8 November. Throughout…
Harbour Line Rotterdam closed for 6 days this fall for new viaduct
The new Theemsweg route in the port of Rotterdam is about to be connected to the Harbour Line. Although this is good news for the…
ProRail: winterproof railway switch should be re-assessed
The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail will reassess the so-called WInterproof RAilway (WIRA) switch that was fabricated ten years ago. According to the inventor of the…
Today in RailFreight Live: Rotterdam’s Harbour Line and China’s hub policy
Today in RailFreight Live, we discuss the revealing report on the much-discussed Harbour Line of Rotterdam. The report gives rail freight operators a feeling of…
Bad management cause of rail infra problems port of Rotterdam
An investigation report with clear recommendations and concrete points for improvement to tackle the infrastructure problems in Rotterdam’s Harbour Line has been presented to the…