Dutch state-owned rail company NS is still posting a loss despite growing post-Covid passenger numbers, its half-year results have shown. The company’s operational losses fell from €225 million a year ago to €26 million in the first six months of this year. The company called the results “still not good enough for a financially healthy NS”, predicting that the years ahead will be “financially challenging”. CEO Wouter Wouter Koolmees said the changing travel habits of the Dutch were one reason...
It’s astonishing the rail infrastructure is underfunded in the Netherlands. A flat country where you’d expect it to be fairly cheap to maintain rail networks
It might be “underfunded” but the quality is super high. Very regular trains, always on time or within a minute or two, and the trains are in good condition.