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Title: Nederlands Spoorwegen Close entire network due to technical issue 3-Apr-2022
Post by: RailCornwall on April 03, 2022, 18:25:26
Due to a major technical failure at the NS, there are no more trains this evening and tonight. The malfunction has now been resolved, but due to the aftermath, it is not possible that the trains will run again.

"Although the cause of the malfunction has now been resolved, the impact is significant. To be able to start up reliably, systems must be updated and trains must be brought to the right place," the NS writes in a press release. The carrier apologizes for any inconvenience. The trains are expected to run again tomorrow.

Incorrect travel advice
Due to the outage, the travel planner also showed a lot of incorrect travel advice today. It was also not possible for hours to show current travel information at stations. The information has now been restored at the stations, the NS said.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2423715-ns-vanwege-storing-rijden-er-vandaag-geen-treinen-meer


Title: Re: Nederlands Spoorwegen Close entire network due to technical issue 3-Apr-2022
Post by: stuving on April 03, 2022, 19:17:14
That's not the first time, is it? There was a shorter black-out of telephone communications in 16th September, with the inevitable hours of recovery time, and another one of GSM-R on 31st May. All very odd ...



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