MAJOR RAIL INVESTMENT PLAN TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Dutch railway system - the bussiest in Europe - will come to a complete standstill after 2011 unless the cabinet makes major investments, reports Friday’s Volkskrant. Billions of euros are needed to achieve the government’s target of a 5% growth in rail travel, it says.

Dutch Rail top man Ad Veenman said in August that the government must invest a total of €8bn in the railways over the next 10 years. Dutch Rail itself is investing billions of euros in new trains. read more (dutchnews.nl)

GOVERNMENT WILL NOT RISK NEW RAIL LINK read more(radionetherlands.nl)

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November 19, 2007