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At the end of November, all 44 switch heating cabinets at Maasvlakte, Europoort and Botlek were replaced from the project....

Electric Motors Humping System Damaged Due to Water Exposure

The automatic humping system at Kijfhoek remains out of operation due to flooded machinery rooms. An alternative logistics plan for Kijfhoek has been established in...

14-07-2023 Firewater supply Waalhaven Southeast operational

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, the temporary modification of the mitigating measures for flushing the newly installed firewater supply has been revoked....

23-05-2023 Harbour rail yard fines sanctioned

Anyone entering a rail yard in the port area has specific requirements to comply with. Unfortunately, the reality is that in many yards, these requirements...

16-05-2023 Suurhoff Bridge improvements

The Suurhoff Bridge in the Port of Rotterdam area spans the Hartel Canal. The bridge consists of a separate railway bridge and a separate road...

02-05-2023 ProRail’s annual report 2022

ProRail looks back at 2022. We zoom in on the subject of rail freight and reflect on performance in the Sea-to-Zevenaar area. ...

20-04-2023 ProRail podcast episode Rail freight transport

What does the future of sustainable mobility look like? What do we want? What challenges do we see and how can we solve them with...

07-03-2023 Pernis yard back in operation

Shunting with hazardous goods can again take place at Pernis rail yard. This means that the yard has returned to full operation. Since 1 January...

17-01-2023 Trains run again at the Port of Rotterdam

Persistent rain has caused considerable inconvenience recently. Not only for road traffic, but also on the rail freight tracks in the Port of Rotterdam....

31-12-2022 Status of approach to fire-fighting facilities in the Port of Rotterdam

Contractors Swietelsky (Botlek and Europoort), BAM (Waalhaven-Zuid) and Dura Vermeer (Maasvlakte West/West-West and Pernis) carried out this work. On behalf of ProRail, Dura Vermeer will...

Tour of Rotterdam harbour for administrative stakeholders

ProRail’s Infrastructure in Order programme team regularly takes a number of administrative supply chain partners to the Rotterdam harbour area. A visit to rail freight...

Train loaded with cars on fire near Etten-Leur

No trains are running between Breda and Roosendaal on Wednesday 14 September due to a fire that broke out on a train loaded with cars....

Ministry of Defence and ProRail work together in port area

Last weekend, Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September 2022, the Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with ProRail, conducted an exercise along the railway tracks. Between...

Successful mobile workshop pilot project

During five train-free periods between 15 and 26 September, 12 rail defects were removed at the Kijfhoek railway yard and on the Betuwe line. ProRail’s...

Harbour railway out of service for 96 hours

The harbour railway of Rotterdam is of great economic importance to the Netherlands and Europe. But on Pentecost, rail freight traffic will be shut down...

Fly along over the work on the harbour railway line

In a major 10-day out-of-service period, hard work was carried out to further upgrade the railway infrastructure in the Rotterdam Port area. Watch the beautiful...

Robots on the track

It looks a bit like a little dog. But made of metal, yellow and better trained than the average terrier: ProRail is testing whether robots...

Delays on the harbour railway line

Due to the need to repair a number of points on the Rotterdam harbour railway line, limited train traffic was possible today. Particularly at the...

Sand, salt, wind and technology

Weather influences can be a challenge for train detection on the harbour railway line. This year, on the outer edge in the harbour area, ProRail...

Harbour railway: 21 new points in 243 hours

The long Whitsun weekend saw more hard work on the harbour railway. Contractors braved rain and wind to complete work on the main track for...

Medway Italia’s first freight run via Brabant route

ProRail has signed an access agreement with freight operator Medway Italia S.R.L. for the use of our infrastructure and services. The organisation and operational adjustment...

Three fire-fighting vehicles for Kijfhoek and Dordrecht-Zwijndrecht zone

ProRail and the Safety Region Zuid-Holland Zuid (VRZHZ) will receive three fire-fighting vehicles for rail freight yard Kijfhoek and the Dordrecht-Zwijndrecht zone. Ziegler Brandweertechniek will...

Working together for less disruption, also in the Port of Rotterdam

It sounds so simple: a company is temporarily unavailable because of works nearby. But, says project manager Ben van Hooijdonk of ProRail: “If that company...

Work at Waalhaven-Zuid

“It was crazy busy around Waalhaven South,” observes ProRail construction manager André Kop. Among other things, 11 points were replaced at this freight yard in...

Approach to Rotterdam Port infrastructure is on schedule

In three work packages, each one year long, ProRail is putting the infrastructure in the Rotterdam port area in order. The first year of that...