NL passenger rail to suffer amid 80 weeks of work in Germany

Passengers heading to Germany from the Netherlands are set to suffer amid the start of long-term rail works in Germany along the so-called “Holland Line”, the route that connects Hannover with the Dutch border near Bad Bentheim. In fact, for 80 weeks, the line will be subject to closures and cuts, with the Betuwe route expected to pick up much of the slack of the important freight line. That means juggling much higher capacity, and for Dutch rail operator NS, there are three trains set to be affected by the shuttering of the German track.