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NS Resumes Near-Normal Timetable as Breda Fault and Frost-Damaged Roads Disrupt Travel

The operator needs about a week to work through a maintenance backlog created by the cold snap, and road crews are imposing closures for urgent asphalt repairs.

Overview

  • NS said fewer or shorter trains will run on seven routes Tuesday, with similar limits expected Wednesday, as hundreds of carriages await maintenance.
  • A signal and switch failure halted trains to and from Breda Tuesday morning; limited services later ran between Roosendaal–Breda and Breda–Gilze-Rijen while repairs continued.
  • Rijkswaterstaat is repairing frost-induced potholes using hotbox asphalt and warns that daytime lane closures are necessary to maintain safety.
  • On the N261 between Tilburg and Waalwijk, emergency resurfacing now extends to Friday, with overnight full closures to lay new asphalt in each direction.
  • Road incidents continued, including a two-and-a-half-hour A58 shutdown near Bavel after a car was trapped between two trucks and caught fire, and an overturned gritting truck on the A59 at Empel.