Despite the large drop in the number of train travelers through Corona, the number of train journeys will rise to more than 2.1 million in 2021. Rail manager ProRail will announce the increase in the number of train journeys in the capacity allocation on Monday, writes WE.
A total of 2,172,187 train journeys are planned for next year, an increase of nearly 3,000 compared to the number of journeys in 2020. The increase is partly due to an extra express train between Groningen and Leeuwarden and a night train between Amsterdam and Vienna.
The increase in the number of train journeys contrasts with the number of train passengers, which decreased drastically this year due to the corona virus. At the height of the crisis, rail operators accounted for only 10 percent of the normal number of passengers. All seats in public transport are now allowed to be used again, but the number of train passengers is about 40 percent of the normal number of passengers, it appeared earlier. Numbers of the NS. The carrier assumes that the number of train passengers will not recover quickly, because many people still work from home.
Still, the corona virus has not been a reason to schedule fewer train journeys, according to talks by the WE with ProRail and NS. “That would really be a step back. Especially if life is hopefully back to normal soon, we really need those trains”, ProRail spokesperson Sybren Hazenberg told the news medium.
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