Overview

• The Overlegorgaan Fysieke Leefomgeving presented an advisory concluding the rail network is built for efficiency rather than security and is vulnerable to deliberate disruption.
• It calls on the incoming cabinet to allocate at least €600 million to improve resilience against sabotage and cyber threats.
• Proposed measures include fences, camera and anti-drone systems, additional emergency systems and spare parts, removal of trackside obstacles, longer tracks for 740‑meter trains, and more rail space in ports.
• Demissionary state secretary Thierry Aartsen backed the recommendations and wants Defence to receive priority on the network.
• ProRail CEO John Voppen supported a push for greater resilience; the public report withholds specific sites, though Utrecht hosts major hubs and a key control center, and a June cable fire near Schiphol caused major disruption that was reported as possible sabotage.