No trains for 15 days is improvisation: ‘It’s a disaster’

Wilma van Gestel (64) from Tilburg has a lat relationship. “It’s a disaster. It takes an hour by bus. I’ll have to take my boyfriend to Breda station and pick him up by car. My granddaughter can’t just come anymore either. So babysitting will be a lot more difficult. I think it’s very very long two weeks, but I understand that it is necessary.”

Roshendrick Felicia (14) sit on school and looks at his parents sweetly. “Maybe my parents can take me. Or I have to take the bus. I often go by train to FC Den Bosch matches, my friends play there. Two weeks is really a long time. I didn’t know it at all! Cycling is always an option, but that is a long way.”

Student Jenske Robberegt (21) from Den Bosch: “Very stupid, because I have to go to lectures. I have to write my thesis. It takes me an hour by bus, which is a shame. I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Holiday or not: the thesis continues. “Then I’ll just sit at home for a while,” she says matter-of-factly.

No trains
From Sunday April 28 to Monday morning May 13, ProRail will work around Tilburg station and Tilburg University. There is no train traffic at all from, via and to Tilburg.

In addition, work is being done on the track between Tilburg and Breda and Tilburg and Vught. Work is also taking place at Gilze-Rijen station. This is all deliberately done largely during the May holidays. There will be no trains between Tilburg and Breda on Monday, May 13.