NETHERLANDS STAYS HOME: EMPTY TRAIN STATIONS, NO TRAFFIC
People in the Netherlands seem to be heeding Prime Minsitter Mark Rutte's call to work from home as much as possible. The train stations were "extremely quiet" on Friday morning. And there were hardly any traffic jams on the roads.
It was "extremely quiet" on the trains and a the stations on Friday morning, a spokesperson for rail company NS said to
NU.nl. "We actually have not had a rush hour. We do not have hard figures yet, but conductors and employees at stations see the call to work from home and not to go out has been answered."
A NOS report went to check out the situation at Utrecht Central Station. "It is quite quiet here. A lot quieter than usual," he said to the broadcaster. "There are also fewer trains. The so-called rush-hour trains, for example, have been removed from the timetable. The NS also wants to keep personnel on hand for when a conductor falls ill. Then they immediately have a replacement."
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