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Don't know how exactly NMBS is planning to use it's M7 stock, but the Dutch DDAR never was that flexible as the Swiss domino sets seem to be. A "treinstam", which is the Dutch name for sets like the former DDAR (now DDZ) and actually also VIRM, has the flexibility to be able to relatively easily...

Correct, albeit only full fare. There are discounted e-tickets available, but those are only valid when accompanied by someone with a subscription who can take up to three people with them at 40% discount. With an OV-chipcard breaking the journey will only cost more when you break it for more...

The Netherlands has a bit of a mix of what's mentioned here for Belgium and the UK. Anyone is eligible for a tax free compensation of travel expenses being 19 cent per km, regardless you commute by car, public transport or bike. However employers are also allowed to pay 100% of a public...

OV fiets has monthly invoices, so no frequent charges. But the problem might be that direct debit is not possible. OVpay won't change that as OV fiets is already completely back office based. The OV chipcard is only linked to your subscription, it's not a product loaded onto the chipcard.

As long as they've got an IBAN they'll able to do that. And as they accept German and Belgian IBANs it shouldn't be that much of a difference when you provide an UK IBAN.

AFAIK there will not be a capping system. However, according to the OVpay website it would be possible to use subscriptions (like a discount product) in the future. Likely these will be connected to your bank card in the backoffice, just like how for example NS Flex functions at the moment. The...

Big difference is however that in regional transport only one union is on strike, so effects are rather limited. Regional trains are hardly affected as well, as only staff paid according to the collective agreement for public transport is on strike. Most of the regional train staff however are...

That day it does, yes. But today a strike in northwest and west already resulted in NS stopping all trains in the country. Possibly because it would affect any IC service today. So it's likely they'll do the same next week when other strikes of multiple regions are planned.

For the Amsterdam Eurostars cancelled on the 15th that is very likely to happen anyway: on September 15th there's again an NS strike in region "Midden" which on the previous occasion lead to no trains in the entire country.

The Dutch loading gauge is not really more restrictive than elsewhere. Reason for the angled sides of VIRM is that they have been built to make maximum use of the available space within the loading gauge. A VIRM is actually 240 mm wider than DDZ (which has a more conventional doubledecker design.

Probably a combination: a lot of people still work from home, but others bought a car or electric bike when public transport use was discouraged during COVID and are still using it now. Staff shortage related cancellations also make public transport less attractive than before COVID. And the...

Other reports on Twitter show a picture of an ICE set with one of its driving trailers derailed. It's now standing diagonally on the tracks, a bit tilted but still upright and not that badly damaged.

NS published the following numbers for the first half of 2022: - morning peak: 71% of 2019 - weekends: 98% of 2019 This averages to 85% of 2019 over the entire week. As a positive exception the international traffic is mentioned, with passenger numbers being above the 2019 figures since April...

The speed however is an estimate by the OV-info app based on position information. I've seen buses running at 170 km/h in that app:E

According to the media, repairs will take at least until October 3th. It might however take even longer as ProRail still hasn't completed their inventory of the extend of the damage.

Zürich - Amsterdam as well (in Basel SBB). And although the reversal of the Nightjets in Amsterdam doesn't affect passengers, the driving trailer will take away a lot of hassle (these are currently the only loco hauled trains having to pass through the station twice)

Yes, tapping out and in is always required when changing operator. Regardless of which service they run. The boarding fee is indeed not charged again when changing operator on bus/tram/metro, for trains it depends on the fare system of the respective regional operator. Especially on integrated...

There's obviously no need at all for that, plenty of time to do any customs inspections on the train or during the stop in Brussels. Using the platform that can be cordoned off is actually not even possible in the northbound direction: from the northbound tracks KA and LA in the tunnel south of...

Just had a look in the journey planner, but it seems there are no cross-platform changes possible. Planning for later this week only ICE 315 is leaving from platform 4, but that connection is from a terminating Eurostar. All connections I've seen from an Amsterdam bound Eurostar onto an ICE to...

You'll have 11 months to activate it, the validity itself (2 months in your case) will only start once the pass is activated.