RE: https://mastodon.social/@NieuwsJunkies/116047599755331169
total political fail
馃摪 Lancering nieuwe spoorlijn Eindhoven-D眉sseldorf opnieuw uitgesteld, volgend jaar ook onzeker
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1vWz
馃暋 18:44 | RTL Nieuws
馃敻 #Spoorlijn #Trein #Lancering #Duitsland #Eindhoven
the @rtlnieuws article reports that one of the complexities is that Venlo is a very busy station. LOL
That was my first reaction. If you have been in Venlo, I doubt that you ever thought that it was very busy.
Fortunately, @wikipedia helps out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_stations_in_the_Netherlands
Beter even this page (fair, a lot can change in 10 years): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_railway_stations_in_the_Netherlands
In that list of busiest train stations, Venlo is not even in the Top 100!
@rtlnieuws @wikipedia @egonw The issue is probably the number of tracks and platforms, rather than the number of passengers. I would guess that Venlo doesn't have many tracks and platforms (exactly because it is small), so the logistics of adding an extra train in between the existing services is hard.
All the more reason to expand the station, of course!
@baszoetekouw true. but the train would run once an hour, and the current stop train does too. And that one current train is, I think, really the only train using platform 1a and does that for max 10 minutes.
