The Dutch railway infrastructure operator ProRail is waging a war on the level crossing. They want to eradicate all level crossings. Near Baarn, they have built a footbridge to be able to close three nearby unprotected level crossings. This footbridge does not connect to any path. Next to it is a level crossing, still open […]
The Afsluitdijk was designed to hold the sea back and reduce flood risk along the then Zuiderzee – but has as side-effect that it connects the Dutch provinces of Noord-Holland and Friesland. When the Afsluitdijk – together with the Amsteldiepdijk – was planned in the late 1920’s, rail was still the major long-distance carrier for […]
Close to my house, there’s a road, the Kromwijkdreef, with a left-turn lane. If you go left you’ll end up … in the grass. Or down an embankment. Or, if you really step on it, in someone’s living room. Or balcony! Vlak bij mijn huis is een weg, de Kromwijkdreef, met een voorsorteervak naar links. […]
Just a short post for now, because the author is out chasing new Citrastructuræ. I found this one while hunting for bus stops. Een korte post, omdat de auteur momenteel op jacht is naar nieuwe Citrastructuræ. Gevonden terwijl ik op zoek was naar bushaltes. In the first image, the Citramobile, parked on a bridge. It’s not […]
Buses come and buses go. Usually once every hour or more often. Bus lines also come and go, but with a much lower frequency. The route of several bus lines in our country has been virtually unchanged for nearly a century, even if the mode sometimes changed from horse tram, via electric or steam tram […]
In August 2013 I got the opportunity to visit the dive-under in the under-reconstruction rail line Utrecht-‘s Hertogenbosch. The concretework of the dive under was complete, as were part of the installations. But rails were no where to be found, leaving this tunnel unconnected on both sides.