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Title: Rail Failures do not just occur in the UK Post by: ellendune on September 20, 2017, 20:29:06 On a trip to Netherlands this week we had:
1) Incoming train delayed 1:15 mins so Eurostar had to find another train for the Brussels service (Nice new Siemens unit). 2) A delay at Brussels Midi due to a track problem - Eurostar train eventually went into a domestic platform 3) Thalys ticketless travel - no bar code to open the barriers at Rotterdam and no staff on the barriers - eventually a cleaner let me through having seen my email ticket. 4) This morning delays and cancellations on services from classic Amsterdam to Rotterdam due to a broken down train north of Delft. Nice new station at Delft though! Title: Re: Rail Failures do not just occur in the UK Post by: chrisr_75 on September 21, 2017, 01:00:39 NS were a bit of a nightmare when I lived in NL (2005-2008), with similar reliability and weather problems (wrong kind of snow etc) we have in the UK. Sounds like they've not improved much since!!
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