Problem solved? Eurostar’s Amsterdam-London line will be closed down for less than a year

Back in June, Eurostar announced that their Amsterdam-London train line wouldn’t run for more than a year due to construction. But there is hope: the line might be up and running again sooner than we thought.

Since the heated reception of the news earlier this year, ProRail, NS and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management are trying to find workarounds for this controversy, according to Treinreiziger.

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There is hope

With these new solutions, the Amsterdam Centraal renovations may start later and finish earlier, says Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave. So, our chances of drinking beer in another type of gloomy weather will not be (completely) crushed.

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The three organisations will send their findings to the Dutch House of Representatives in early November to see how realistic their solution is. Until then, we’re in the clear, and the trains will run normally.

The juicy backstory

This whole situation began due to renovations in Amsterdam Central Station. It’s not safe to have this train running during the construction — not to mention that it wouldn’t be possible to do security or luggage checks at the station.

Since there was quite a bit of commotion about this decision, ProRail, NS, and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management had to look for another solution.

Nothing is guaranteed yet, but there is hope that this train route will be less chaotic than we thought.

Do you think there will be a solution, or do you think we’ll be left train-less for 11 months? Tell us in the comments!

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Julia de Oliveira Moritz
Julia de Oliveira Moritz
Júlia was born in Brazil, but she’s been away for more than half her life. At five years old, she moved to Nigeria, and at 14, she came to the Netherlands. She came for her education and stayed for… something. She’s not sure if that something is the vibrant springtime or the live music bars. All she knows is that this is her new home, at least for now.

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