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With the further introduction of OVpay and the introduction of the OV-pas as replacement of the OV-chipcard next year, capping will be introduced in more regions. At least for Gelderland, Overijssel and Utrecht provinces I've seen them being proposed. You'll need to register for it however...

In that consideration, do take into account that the Netherlands has a countrywide chipcard system. So touching in at the platform for trams would actually mean installing a card reader at every bus stop as well to have a system that is working consistently. Obviously not very economical. And of...

Not all lines in Amsterdam do have conductors and the ones without have all door boarding. Of the ones operated with Urbos only 25 has conductors and is indeed an exception. (Would also be complicated to board at the conductor as you'd then need two due to the coupled trams.

It even varies within the Netherlands. Most usual is checking in and out inside the tram, with Amsterdam being weird with it's requirement to board at the door next to the conductor. In Utrecht however the check in/out poles are on the platforms, which makes sense as especially the route to the...

They do have conductors however on route 25, where they use the unused cab on the rear tram of the coupled set.

Between Den Haag Laan van Nieuw Oost Indië and Leidschenveen in the Netherlands there is a joint operation with trams (3, 4) operated by HTM and metros (E) operated by RET. They use the same tracks, though have different platform heights. (And the trams have OV-chipcard readers inside the...

Not only validation systems, but even the most basic validity rules. Last weekend I was on a bus in Amsterdam when a tourist entered and wondered why his ticket was rejected by the validator when trying to check in. Turned out he had just bought a GVB day ticket, but the bus to his hotel was...

Could well be that UK residents use their car more for activities within the city (such as grocery shopping) whilst in the Netherlands there is more commuter traffic by car. As the Netherlands is relatively small, loads of people tend not to work in their local area but further away. The current...

The criterion is that the "Fahrzeit" may be 50% longer in the quoted German version. So the criterion is time based and not distance based.

Not yet mentioned here, but how could I have forgotten this one... in the Netherlands the core half hourly service on the RS32 (Arnhem - Winterswijk) is operated by Arriva, but the peak extras (also named RS32) which increase the service to quarter-hourly are operated by Breng (a brand of Hermes...

It's even a bit more odd due to the various street levels in the area: not only level +2 (overpass) and level 0 (underpass) are at street level, but the exit to the local bus station (at level -1) is at street level as well. That's due to the street in front of the station being at the foot of a...

Though there are also lines which have a fence at the top of the embankment. Along some lines you'd also find a door in the fence for access by maintenance staff just a few meters away from a level crossing, which looks a bit funny.

That fence in the middle might be an easy way to enable taking two tracks out of service for works whilst keeping the other two in use, eliminating the need for temporary fencing. Similar but different: in the Netherlands a full height noise barrier was erected at one side of the Utrecht -...

Utrecht Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal actually have both (and the overpass in Rotterdam is newer than the underpass) Amersfoort Centraal is one of the obvious ones with overpass, as the overpass is at street level on the southern side and the platforms are at the bottom of the hill (as is the...

With the old terminal, when only half a Eurostar could be filled in Amsterdam, only the section of platform with the terminal (15b) was closed with a big fence halfway the platform. The other half of the platform then was in use for domestic services and also accessible. (The train not...

When the initial reservation was made via DB, I'd always book reservations for alternative trains also via DB as that makes asking for a refund a lot easier.

As long as you don't select an alternative connection your reservation will remain in the system is my experience with a similar situation where a connection was no longer possible. After your trip, send an email to fahrkartenservice@bahn.de to have the costs for the reservation in ICE792...

Besides that regular trains are only allowed to pass that platform empty during AFAIK 30 minutes before the Eurostar Blue arrives. That led to trains having to run empty from The Hague to Dordrecht during works, involving diversions of most domestic trains via platform 2, somewhere earlier this...

Correct, I've indeed read next year will be the last year the current train is in operation. Nearby the Alstätten Stadt to Gais line is still under threat, should passenger numbers not improve then it may be closed as of 2035 due to the rolling stock reaching end of life. In 2025 it's behind the...

I'd believe DB as it's a train starting in Germany and they should also compensate you should it have left earlier then announced. Seat reservations are coupled to train numbers, so that should not be a problem. SBB by the way also states it departs at 5:47. Could be an issue with the date in...