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Rail Infrastructure Upgrades Target Congestion Across the Randstad

ProRail and Nederlandse Spoorwegen began major engineering work on rail corridors linking Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Rotterdam to improve signalling, increase capacity, and enhance punctuality.
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