Netherlands gets extra month to answer EU allegation of favoring railway incumbent
By Jean Comte ( September 8, 2026, 07:44 GMT | Insight) -- The Netherlands was granted one additional month by the European Commission to respond to allegations that its rules on railway capacity allocation breach competition law, a spokesperson for the State Secretary for Infrastructure told MLex. The country now has until the end of September to answer the institution's preliminary findings that the priority access to railways granted to Nederlandse Spoorwegen reinforce the incumbent operator's dominant position.The Netherlands was granted one additional month by the European Commission to answer allegations that its rules on railway capacity allocation favor the state-owned incumbent train operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS, a spokesperson for the State Secretary for Infrastructure told MLex....
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