Rail strike to halt train services in Netherlands on Friday


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  • Friday, 13 Jun 2025

THE HAGUE, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Train services across much of the Netherlands will come to a halt on Friday as railway unions escalate their campaign for better pay and conditions, Dutch Railways (NS) announced Thursday. This is the third strike within a week.

No trains will operate in the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, among others, with NS employees in those regions walking off the job from 4 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

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