Train passengers must take delays and detours into account during the April/May holiday break, because work is being carried out at various points on the track and at stations in different parts of the country. The work will cause disruptions at locations in Amsterdam, routes involving Tilburg, and other routes originating and ending in Zwolle.
Bijlmer residents and others involved are overjoyed that the Advisory Board on Public Access and Information Management (ACOI) urged the government to give them access to the archives on the Bijlmer plane crash in 1992. According to the ACOI, the denied access to the archives contributes to speculation about the disaster and distrust of the government.
A report of a man carrying a suspicious package on a bus from Schiphol Airport led to an intense situation in Amstelveen on Thursday afternoon. A 67-year-old man from The Hague was taken into custody after police stopped the bus at the city's main bus station near the Stadshart shopping center. There were no injuriesPolice first learned that the man had boarded the Connexxion line 300 bus towards Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena after 1 p.m. The man had entered the bus "with a suspicious package, possibly an explosive," police said in a statement.
No trains are running to and from Amsterdam Zuid station on Tuesday morning due to an ATM bombing. The police have cordoned off the station to investigate the incident. Trains are running past the station, but they’re not stopping there. NS expects the problems to last until at least 8:30 a.m.