The direct rail link between London and Amsterdam won’t be shut down for nearly a year after all, Dutch rail and government officials announced late last week. The planned cutoff was to allow construction at Amsterdam’s Centraal station.
A Swiss consultant hired after the planned 11-month cutoff of a key rail route has found a way to allow service to continue with almost no interruption. The original shutdown was announced because officials believed there was no available room to perform custom and border clearance during the work.
The service, which also stops at Rotterdam, started in 2019 and is up to four roundtrips per day, with plans to increase the number on what was once Europe’s most-traveled short-haul air route. The train service has helped lower that total.
