Service around Utrecht gets back on track – Parool.nl

02-03-15 13:36 pm – Source: Reuters

Stranded travelers Utrecht CS. (Picture Archives) © anp

A faulty overhead at Utrecht Central Station is repaired. “It trains at Utrecht will gradually resume,” the rail company reports

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Stranded travelers at Utrecht Centraal. © anp

The NS hopes that the trains according to the weather around 16:00 schedule driving. During the morning rush hour buses were deployed. Almost all trains to and from Utrecht fell out. The delays for travelers to about an hour.

Railway Manager ProRail stated in the course of the morning that much overhead of 6 meters long had broken at the start of the train service. That happened at platform 11 at Utrecht Centraal. “The defect unfortunately significant consequences for train traffic to and from the station. ProRail and NS repair regret the inconvenience to travelers and work with might and main to recovery ‘, says ProRail.

Mechanics ProRail had all morning to the catenary. “Repairing a catenary always lasts too long,” explained a spokesperson from ProRail. She says it is painstaking work, because the leadership just has to hang right for trains passing under it. Also, it is dangerous because of the high voltage passing through the conduit. Between Utrecht and Harmelen is also a handle failure that must be solved.

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NS gave the traveler via digital planner various omreismogelijkheden. Intercity reason not between Utrecht and Den Bosch, The Hague, Nijmegen, Rotterdam and Schiphol. NS buses used to transport passengers to their destination. Between Amsterdam Central Station Bijlmer Arena, travelers can take the subway.

A month ago there was a major failure at Utrecht Central Station, a persistent malfunction of a computer center of ProRail. Hence why there all day hardly trains. In the computer center are the systems and networks for train driving around Utrecht. The day before the failure were performed work

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A break in the catenary, which is force majeure NS “says a spokesman ratings organization Rover. The club has been calling for more “very hard” that something is ‘Utrecht’ to be done. Rail Administrator ProRail would according Rover can do. ProRail has recently removed a lot of bills to Utrecht Central Station. That in itself is not a bad idea, because trains are each less in the way. But you limit yourself with it, because there are far fewer opportunities to train from one side of the station to get the other ‘

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