Overview
- KNMI kept code orange in force for most regions through the day, with Flevoland’s warning extended to at least 18:00 as Rijkswaterstaat urged people to work from home and avoid the roads.
- NS operated a reduced winter timetable but cut further as switch faults multiplied, with no trains at times around Rotterdam Centraal and Breda, fewer services on corridors such as Almere–Lelystad, a gap between Schiphol and Bijlmer ArenA, and suspended international traffic to Belgium via the HSL.
- Many bus operators kept vehicles in depots through the morning for safety, including HTM, RET, EBS, Connexxion and allGo in affected areas, while Qbuzz canceled services in Groningen and Drenthe at least through the early hours.
- Road congestion peaked at roughly 704 kilometers nationwide and was still about 275 kilometers around 10:00, with incidents including a jackknifed truck that closed part of the A6, an icy link shutdown between the A20 and A4 near Kethelplein, and numerous slide‑offs without major mass‑casualty crashes reported.
- Municipal services came under strain, with Barneveld warning its salt stocks were nearly depleted and local authorities prioritizing main routes as schools, markets and some waste collections were canceled or adjusted.