Due to the strike by NS (Dutch Railways) personnel, it may be extra busy on the buses and trains of regional carriers on Tuesday. Several public transport companies are warning about this. Although trains are running between Amsterdam Central Station and Schiphol Airport, the airport expects to be poorly accessible.
“We are not striking. Our buses will therefore run as scheduled on Tuesday,” reports Syntus Utrecht. “Due to the strike, it may be busier than usual. Please take this into account.”
Connexxion, which provides bus transport in parts of the West Netherlands, also reports that it may be extra busy in the company’s vehicles due to the NS strike. Keolis emphasizes that there is no strike at the regional carriers and that its own trains are running according to schedule. These trains run between Amersfoort and Ede-Wageningen, Zwolle and Enschede, and Zwolle and Kampen.
Schiphol Airport also communicated about the planned strike on Monday. Although trains will run between the airport and Amsterdam Central on Tuesday, those will be the only NS trains running that day. Schiphol fears that many people will therefore come by car or taxi. “This is expected to lead to a lot of extra traffic and congestion on the roads around the airport.”
Schiphol advises travelers to use alternative transport “where possible,” such as the bus. “Consider being dropped off at a nearby (bus) station.”
Roadworks on part of A10 completed earlier
The ANWB (Dutch Automobile Association) also thinks that it will be busier on the roads on Tuesday, partly due to the strike. “We already expected it to be busy after the long Pentecost weekend. With the train strike on top of that, it could cause a busy rush hour,” a spokesperson told news agency ANP.
In addition, part of the Germans are off until Tuesday. “So those holidaymakers will only return on Tuesday,” predicts the ANWB. Moreover, there are already relatively many traffic jams on Tuesdays, especially during the evening rush hour.
One piece of good news is that part of the work on the A10 near Amsterdam has been completed earlier than planned. Since Monday morning, motorists can again use the connecting road from the A10 South to the A10 West.
The road closed last Friday for work on the large-scale Zuidasdok project and was scheduled to be closed until Tuesday at 5:00 AM.