There are no trains running this morning, rail manager ProRail reports. The damage on the track from storm Eunice is too great. In many places in the country, fallen trees are lying on the track or the overhead wires have been damaged.
ProRail has started with ‘inspection rides’: these are rides without passengers to check whether there are any roadblocks or damage to the track. It is not clear when the trains will be able to run safely again.
In many places trees and branches have fallen on the track, and in two places even parts of a roof and a bicycle shed. ProRail, responsible for the track, is already making so-called inspection trips to assess the damage.
And that is not easy, says a spokesperson. “The damage is really great. Everywhere we inspect there are trees on the track, at least at ten locations, and we haven’t seen everything yet, because the inspection trains will only drive on a route if it is safe.”
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