NS and ProRail are warning for a very difficult autumn in their annual new school year press meeting. The summer construction works haven't finished yet but the summer holidays are already coming to an end, and more works for the autumn are planned. Together with the delayed delivery of ICNG, maintenance problems with VIRM, the speed restrictions on the high speed line until 2026 and general worse performance in the leaf fall season, it is going to be tough.
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@smveerman Of course it's not the only problem here, but I'm seeing strong parallels to the supply chain issues when the ship got stuck - if you hyperoptimize the utilization of everything, then any kind of problem will knock over your service levels...
If only they had built new tracks to accommodate the growth in transport needs, instead of just maximizing the utilization of the existing tracks, but somehow building extra lanes only ever seems to be an option for highways
@smveerman (Speaking of which, perhaps Jansen should be putting their own house in order and actually sort out railway funding, instead of "expecting the railways to do all they can"...)