National malfunction NS: no more trains on Sunday evening

There are no more trains on Sunday evening. This is reported by the NS. This is due to a major IT failure that largely shut down the railway network on Sunday. The NS has been struggling with the technical malfunction since the beginning of the afternoon and it is taking longer than expected. Earlier in the day, the Dutch Railways reported that the problems would be resolved at five o’clock.

“Although the cause of the malfunction has now been resolved, the impact is significant,” NS said in a statement a statement† “In order to be able to start up reliably, systems must be updated and trains must be brought to the right place. That takes time,” according to the NS.

The expectation is that the normal timetable can largely be started on Monday morning, according to the NS.

System stopped working
The malfunction affects the system that makes current schedules for trains and staff. According to the NS, this system is necessary to travel safely and on time. If something goes wrong somewhere on the track, the system adapts to it. This was no longer possible due to the outage.

The current travel information is also disrupted. The travel advice in the travel planner does not show delays or canceled trains.

Regional carriers
The trains do run on the routes of regional carriers. But no current travel information can be given for this either. Buses are not used, the NS previously announced to RTL News† The current passenger flow would be too great for that.

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