Today, 16:05 • 2 minutes reading time
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The message from the NS that no trains will run until at least 20:00 on Sunday evening causes disappointment and resignation among travelers at the main station in the city of Groningen. Anger, however, remains.
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He already had a blow to his arm. Henk Hummel from Sappemeer wanted to take the train to Schiphol and then depart by plane to Australia. But once at the station in Groningen, it becomes clear that traveling by train is not an option this afternoon.
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“This is definitely a setback, because now we have to drive all the way there,” he says. Fortunately, his carriers are already ready, who also took him to the main station.
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Stranded travelers at Main Station keep their spirits up
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Hummel hopes to catch the plane to Australia tonight. ‘That’s a short way, isn’t it? Fortunately I don’t have to fly it myself, because then I get so tired in my arms.’ The resident of Sappemeer is going to meet his brother again after five years.
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‘Hope to celebrate my birthday’
It is also a happy day for Romy Schut, because it is her birthday. She stayed in Groningen for a party last weekend and hopes to celebrate her birthday with her parents in Amersfoort on Sunday afternoon, but that is a bit different.
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You don’t expect much else from the NS by now
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‘This is pretty bummed, this isn’t what I expected today, but it is what it is. You don’t expect much else from the NS by now.’
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Schut secretly hopes to end up in Amersfoort after all. ‘I hope that we will arrive in Amersfoort with about thirty buses so that we can still celebrate.’
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– Still in time for the theater?
Christina Schouwenaar hopes to be in time for a theater performance in Utrecht tonight. She spent the past few days in Groningen and wanted to take the train to be in time for the evening.
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‘I just found out that I’m stranded, I was hoping to take the train to Utrecht, but alas. I hope I’ll at least be on time for the theater, which starts at eight o’clock tonight and I hope I can make it.’
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NS: find other travel options
The NS has meanwhile announced that no trains will run until at least eight o’clock tonight as a result of the disruption.
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“We urgently advise you not to travel, or if you are on the road, to look for other travel options,” the carrier reports on its website. The rail company’s journey planner is also still disrupted. Travelers are requested to plan their trip via 9292.nl.
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