The Dutch Railways will again become the owner of 48 old buffalo trains, the Central Netherlands court ruled on Tuesday. The trains were sold to a Romanian transport company, but were never picked up. The trains are still parked in Nijmegen.

The Dutch Railways will again become the owner of 48 old buffalo trains, the Central Netherlands court ruled on Tuesday. The trains were sold to a Romanian transport company, but were never picked up. The trains are still parked in Nijmegen.

The so-called buffalo trains were sold in 2014 and 2017 to the Romanian transport company Ferotrans. When purchasing it was agreed that the trains would be removed by the company by April 2018 at the latest, but the Romanian company never collected them.

The Dutch Railways wanted the trains back to be able to remove the buffalo trains and then have them demolished. ProRail will start work on the rail in Nijmegen in October and the trains will then be in the way. If the trains have not been removed before October, ProRail will impose a fine of 1,000 euros per train set on NS.

Ferotrans does not agree with the court's decision. The Romanian company wants to collect the trains, it claims, but claims to have been obstructed by the Dutch Railways. The Dutch company would not have supplied the correct papers, among other things.

The Dutch Railways say it has done everything it can to ensure that Ferotrans was able to transport the trains. "Getting out together now is a pass," said the Dutch Railways.