From today until August 25, ProRail will be working to remove badger nests around the tracks near Voerendaal. No Arriva trains can run between Heerlen and Valkenburg during that time. Arriva will run buses instead. Badgers have built nests in the railway embankment in Voerendaal, making the track unstable. “To prevent dangerous railway subsidence, we must remove these badger nests. ProRail has received an exemption for this,” the rail manager said. ....