Railway manager ProRail, NS and other parties involved believe that the timetable on the railway can be further increased with a view to passenger growth in the coming years.

Railway manager ProRail, NS and other parties involved believe that the timetable on the railway can be further increased with a view to passenger growth in the coming years.

In a joint exploration of the future, they have established that trains can travel every 7.5th minute with a few smart adjustments to the so-called high-frequency network (PHS).

On the route between Amsterdam and Eindhoven, there are now six intercity trains per hour, every ten minutes. Other trains will also run on other busy routes in the coming years.

"If you look smart, we can get more out of the tracks", a ProRail spokesman confirms a message about this in De Telegraaf .

Passenger numbers are increasing by 40 percent

Passenger numbers will increase by 40 percent over the next ten years. To accommodate this growth, ProRail is working on the track, on the stations and on an improved timetable.

For example, the 'ten-minute train' is not always a faster solution for travelers, because the transition to connecting trains that run once every 15 minutes or half an hour does not ultimately save time.

The express train also returns

"This ensures that travelers do not have a seamless connection to the busy routes at a number of locations," explains ProRail. "We solve this by driving eight trains per hour on the busiest routes, which provides better transfer options and more capacity."

The re-entry of the express train, which must fill the gap between the sprinter and the intercity, also fits in with the plan for the future. For example, according to ProRail, a high-frequency Airport Sprinter will operate between Schiphol and Amsterdam. In Brabant, the rail operator sees possibilities for extra fast trains between Breda, Tilburg and Utrecht.

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