Overview
- ProRail reported that materials were deliberately placed on tracks at multiple locations and that those objects caused track-circuit failures that disabled signalling and level-crossing mechanisms.
- The signalling failures forced widespread service disruptions across central and northern routes, with heavy impact reported around Zwolle, Deventer and Amersfoort and limited replacement transport available.
- ProRail crews are removing the objects and working to restore safe operations but the operator has given no timeline for full service resumption.
- Authorities have opened an investigation treating the incidents as possible sabotage and have not publicly identified any suspects or motives.
- The outages also affected road traffic at level crossings and occurred on a day of high public presence in The Hague for a major government event, increasing public and political attention to rail security.