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 […]
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.