Travel Diaries: Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Map of Dutch Railways services (via NS)

In addition to doing various trips to other countries in the EU, my time in Amsterdam allowed me to do a bit of travelling within the Netherlands, on their equivalent of V/Line, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS - "Dutch Railways"). Again there's a lot we can learn from how they do things, so let's take a whirlwind tour of a country I'm feeling very nostalgic for after ~18 months of COVID restrictions. 

Railway Archaeology: Ravenhall Explosives Siding

The area today (via Google Maps)

The Ravenhall Explosives Siding was built by the Commonwealth Government in 1943 to store munitions for World War II. It was decommissioned almost immediately after the war, in 1946, so in some ways it had a very short life - but as is often the case, its impact can still be seen to this day.