Causes for disruptions

There are various reasons why a service disruption may occur. This page lists all possible disruption causes.

Causes are categorized by Rijden de Treinen. Each cause is attributed to a main category, for instance, all disruption causes which are related to the railway infrastructure (like malfunctioning points or signal failures) are grouped in the category infrastructure problems.

Click on a disruption cause to see more information and to see how often it causes a railway disruption.

Rolling stock problems

Disruptions caused by problems with the rolling stock (the trains themselves), like a defective train or a shortage of trains.