Hoek van Holland metro conversion contract awarded

The railway between Schiedam Centrum and Hoek van Holland would become part of the RandstadRail network (Photo: Harry Hondius).

NETHERLANDS: VolkerRail and Mobilis have been awarded a €72m contract to convert the 24 km railway between Schiedam Centrum and Hoek van Holland to metro operation. The work is to be complete by February 2018 and will require a five-month blockade of passenger traffic.

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