Prorail: under pressure after poor performance but improvement in…
ProRail acknowledges poor performance and is working on improvement. After the presentation of the recent annual figures, which revealed a number of shortcomings, ProRail has announced that it is working hard on…
RailConnect: from frustration to innovation
Rover, NS and outgoing State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructure and Water Management) announced this afternoon that Jouke van Campenhout, Senior Consultant at Deloitte Real Estate, has entered the Traveler's Gift competition with the idea 'RailConnect'...
NS calls on travelers to receive the ultimate travel gift…
A competition for a better train experience and your chance to influence. Dutch Railways (NS) has launched a unique challenge for train travelers: come up with the ultimate traveler's gift. Immediately…
Travelers are complaining en masse about new bus services
Many complaints about the new bus operator. “Either they don't show up, or they're just late. You have to take that into account,” said a traveler in front of the camera…
Challenges due to rail work and a call for better replacement…
“We already know where work is taking place, so NS can now hire all the buses. A shortage of buses cannot be an excuse," says Rover director Freek Bos. ProRail has…
Rover rejects mandatory train reservation for Intercity Brussels
According to Rover, NS's policy does not fit in at all with the social task of promoting international travel by train. NS is hindering the growth of international trains with…
Uber rates are being introduced to NS train passengers during…
Rover finds it worrying that train passengers are in danger of having to pay for the financial problems caused by corona. Uber charges variable rates that depend on demand…
Negative advice on scaled-down NS timetable in 2024
NS is currently running only 87% of the original 2023 timetable due to staff shortages. Rover and the other consumer organizations find it unacceptable that NS will not yet fully implement the timetable next year…
Much support for Rover's railway wishes in the House of Representatives
Rover described the wishes in an extensive lobby letter to the House of Representatives. Imagine: being able to take the bus and train with the same subscription, even late in the evening without…
Train ticket will be 6,3 percent more expensive
Travelers get less value for their money, train tickets should become cheaper. Consumer organization Rover is critical of the rate increase as a whole. “Travellers get less value for their money, train tickets…
Staff problems keep night bus off the street
Always check carefully whether you can still get home by public transport, because the HTM night buses do not run. Like most carriers, HTM already has a…
Saskia Kluit: 'fast guys destroy everything'
https://youtu.be/Y-FemZmEINsIn een reactie op de ‘slimme’ app van Quinten Adema twittert Saskia Kluit, voorzitter van Rover en Het Lid Eerste Kamer voor Groenlinks, ‘dit soort snelle jongens maken alles kapot…