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Dutch rail company Govolta ends Hamburg-Amsterdam service after two months
🇩🇪 Germany /Economy & Trade

Dutch rail company Govolta ends Hamburg-Amsterdam service after two months

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Dutch rail company Govolta has discontinued its direct train service between Hamburg and Amsterdam after just over two months.
  • The company is reallocating the trains to serve the Berlin-Amsterdam route, which has seen high demand since its March launch.
  • Govolta's original plan was to operate the Hamburg-Amsterdam route daily during the summer, with additional stops planned in Germany.

Dutch rail company Govolta has ended its direct train service connecting Hamburg and Amsterdam after a brief two-month operation. The company announced that the trains previously serving this route will now be redirected to the Berlin-Amsterdam line, a service that has experienced significant demand since its introduction in March.

This shift means that the Hamburg and Bremen stops are no longer part of Govolta's network. The company had initially intended to run the Hamburg-Amsterdam service daily throughout the summer, with planned stops in cities like Bremen, Bad Bentheim, Hengelo, Deventer, and Amersfoort.

Starting in July, Govolta plans to operate trains almost daily between Berlin-Spandau and Amsterdam, with a daily frequency expected by December. The service will include new stops in Braunschweig and Magdeburg, in addition to existing stops in Hanover, Osnabrück, and Bad Bentheim.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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