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Shortage of train traffic controllers: Utrecht - Rotterdam (21 October 2025)

  1. Disruption resolved Last update

    Between Utrecht Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal the train traffic is fully resumed.

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  3. Disruption reported

    Between Utrecht Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal there are problems later today due to a shortage of train traffic controllers.
    This will take until approximately 3:00 PM hours.

    Advice

    Please note: there will be fewer Intercity trains running from 09:00 onwards.

Location of this disruption

This disruption is between Utrecht Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal.

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Statistics

This disruption started at 8:37 AM on October 21, 2025 and took 3 hours, 6 minutes in total.

For statistics, this disruption is caused due to a shortage of train traffic controllers.

Affected lines

The following lines are affected by this disruption:

Operators

This disruption affects trains operated by NS.

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