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Rail Service Near-Normal After Freeze, but Breda Fault and Road Repairs Keep Travel Disruptions in Place

Residual disruption stems from a maintenance backlog after frozen switches and from frost-damaged roads now needing emergency repairs.

Overview

  • NS says it needs about a week to work through delayed maintenance, running fewer or shorter trains on seven routes including SchipholUtrecht–Nijmegen, AmsterdamDen Haag, Amsterdam–Alkmaar, Zwolle–AssenGroningen, Den Haag–Gouda Goverwelle, Amersfoort–Barneveld and Almelo–Hardenberg.
  • A signal-and-switch failure halted traffic to and from Breda Tuesday morning; limited service resumed with one train per hour RoosendaalBreda and two per hour BredaGilze-Rijen, with no end time confirmed.
  • Rijkswaterstaat reports extensive pothole damage in Brabant and is deploying hotbox asphalt patches; on the N261 (Tilburg–Waalwijk) repairs now extend to Friday with night closures by direction and full reopening each following morning.
  • Road incidents added to delays, including a two-and-a-half-hour A58 closure near Bavel after a car was trapped between two lorries and burned; the driver escaped and morning congestion was heavy across multiple corridors.
  • Recent hazards underscored conditions, with a gritting truck overturning on black ice at the A59 Empel junction and a fatal single-vehicle crash in Gaanderen reported Monday as KNMI ice warnings were lifted later that day.