Rail Union Demands Action on Violence Against Train Staff - DutchNews.nl
The union said aggression reports more than doubled to 6,442 in 2025 and urged NS to add security staff and restore enforcement powers.
- The VVMC union issued a letter to politicians demanding action against rising violence toward rail staff, citing figures showing reports of aggression more than doubled from 2,672 in 2023 to 6,442 in 2025.
- Aggression remains a critical issue, with 5,088 reports logged so far this year, including 1,368 incidents involving physical violence and 105 threats with a weapon.
- Recent attacks include a conductor beaten unconscious in February at Rotterdam Blaak, staff injured during an arrest at Almere Centrum on August 6, and a similar assault at Den Dolder station six months later.
- From Thursday, enforcement officers can apply to the RDW for access to licence photos, enabling them to identify troublemakers without police assistance following a cabinet announcement on Tuesday.
- The union argues that new licence access does not compensate for enforcement powers lost in 2022, while a VVMC spokesperson told the ANP that more on-train security staff are urgently required.
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Rail workers’ union urges action over growing violence on Dutch trains
The VVMC rail workers’ union is raising the alarm over an increase in violent incidents on the Dutch rail network and has sent an urgent letter to politicians calling for action. Both the number of incidents and their severity have been increasing every year, according to the union.
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UTRECHT (ANP) - NS shares the concerns of employees, trade unions, and politicians regarding the safety of railway personnel. "Every incident is one too many; everyone must always be able to work safely," NS responds to an urgent letter published on Tuesday by VVMC, the railway trade union...
Measures are needed to protect NS employees against aggressive passengers. The railway personnel union VVMC writes this in an urgent letter to politicians. According to the union, conductors and other staff are increasingly being assaulted, threatened, or spat upon. Figures from NS show that the number of reports of violent incidents has risen sharply in recent years. The railway personnel union is therefore calling on politicians to take measu…
The railway personnel union VVMC is sounding the alarm about the growing number of violent incidents on the railways and has sent an urgent letter to politicians. According to the union, the number of incidents and their severity are increasing every year.
Algemeen Dagblad
The railway personnel union VVMC is sounding the alarm about the growing number of violent incidents on the railways and has sent an urgent letter to politicians. According to the union, the number of incidents and their severity are increasing every year.
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