Nearly entire train network shuts down in Netherlands over strike

Employees on the railway agency NS cease work within the central Netherlands area that acts as a hub for almost all prepare traces.

A stranded traveller passes an artwork of a blue train by Miffy creator Dick Bruna, at Utrecht central station as train services came to a near standstill
A stranded traveller passes a sculpture of a blue prepare at Utrecht Centraal station [Peter Dejong/AP]

Practically the complete Dutch rail community has been shut down as employees affected by hovering inflation and workers shortages are on strike to demand higher pay and dealing situations.

Employees on the railway firm Nederlandes Spoorwegen (NS) stopped work for the day on Tuesday within the central Netherlands area that acts as a hub for almost all prepare traces, halting trains throughout the nation.

An exception was the road linking Amsterdam with the busy Schiphol airport that returned to service after a strike shut it down on Monday.

Utrecht Centraal station, the nation’s greatest rail hub and usually full of travellers, was eerily abandoned on Tuesday morning.

Screens displaying prepare timetables had been lit up with the phrase “cancelled” in crimson letters and a station announcer defined in Dutch and English that companies had been being hit by the strike.

NS stated in a press release that worldwide trains operated by Thalys and Eurostar had been working once more after being halted on Monday.

Schiphol stated in a warning to travellers that NS had indicated that 4 trains an hour would run every manner between the airport and the Dutch capital’s central station.

Labour unions have known as a sequence of strikes on the Dutch rail community after negotiations on a brand new collective labour settlement broke down.

All trains listed were marked "Cancelled" in red at Utrecht central station as train services came to a near standstill in the latest in a series of strikes by railway workers hits the Netherlands
All trains listed had been marked “cancelled” in crimson at Utrecht Centraal station [Peter Dejong/AP]

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