Lelylijn officially recognized by Europe: “To be realized by 2050 at the latest”
The Lelylijn has officially been added to the European TEN-T Core Network, paving the way for its construction as a ...
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Lelylijn rail project one step closer to fruition
The Lelylijn project, a new passenger rail service that would connect the northern Netherlands with the Randstad, might soon become ...
Job market in Groningen gasps back to life: open vacancies doubled since last year
There are (apparently) 5,594 open vacancies in Groningen The number of unfilled vacancies in Groningen has risen sharply in the ...
Northern cities welcome prospects of new high speed rail line
After several years of false starts and re-allocated funds, the Lelylijn project might bring high-speed rail links to Groningen and ...
Drenthe leads criticism of ‘regional’ art fund that is giving 80% of its funding to Randstad projects
The Fonds Podiumkunsten (FPK) has around 21 million to distribute Translated by Thomas Ansell Drenthe, along with eight other provinces ...
Groningen-Randstad train test reaches top speed of 168 kilometres per hour
The test trip for an accelerated express train service between Groningen and The Hague went off without a hitch in ...
Groningen-Randstad express train to be tested on Friday night
Between midnight and 6 a.m., the Dutch national rail service NS will be testing out accelerated train service between Groningen ...
Leeuwarden to be included in fast train service pilot
Friesland will also be included in a pilot to provide faster train service between Leeuwarden and the Randstad. Translation by ...
Dutch Parliament accepts motion to shorten train trips between north and Randstad
The Dutch Parliament has accepted a motion calling on the government to look into shortening train travel times between the ...
NS to test faster train from Groningen to Zwolle, Randstad in 2019
Starting in 2019, the Dutch national rail service NS will start a pilot with a faster Intercity train on the ...
