Fewer trains around Amsterdam after broken switches and collision
Services between Amsterdam Centraal and Almere, Hilversum, Utrecht, Uitgeest and Enkhuizen are reduced, and three platforms at the station are closed until about 19:30.
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Illustrative photo: Christian Alexander Tietgen / CC BY 4.0
Fewer trains are running around Amsterdam because of two separate problems: broken switches (wissels) near Weesp, and a person hit by a train at Amsterdam Centraal shortly before 16:30.
Passengers face cuts on both sides of the city. The switch fault means fewer trains between Amsterdam Centraal and Almere, and between Amsterdam Centraal and Hilversum. The collision means fewer intercity trains to Enkhuizen, fewer sprinters to Uitgeest and fewer trains towards Utrecht Centraal, an NS spokesperson said.
ProRail will repair the switches tonight. A ProRail spokesperson said: "If we do work on the track during the day, no trains can run at all. That's why we're doing it tonight, so that a limited service can still run today."
If we do work on the track during the day, no trains can run at all. That is why we are doing it tonight, so that limited train traffic is still possible today.ProRail spokesperson
The person hit at Amsterdam Centraal died, a police spokesperson said. Police are not assuming an accident or a crime, but an investigation is still under way.
Because of the police investigation, platforms 2, 3 and 4 are out of use. ProRail says no trains can run to or from them until about 19:30.
The switch fault near Weesp will probably last until early tomorrow morning, an NS spokesperson said. Services between Amsterdam and Almere, and between Amsterdam and Hilversum, will stay reduced until then.
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