I’m not the complain about NS (the Dutch railway carrier) or write about Earth day or both at the same time.
But as it often happens, one thing leads to another and today, the train that I take to Delft was late again. It’s the Intercity train that leaves Den Haag Centraal at X:51 and goes to Venlo (a place famous for Wilders).
Anyway, it’s quite busy, morning rush hour and the train is 5 minutes late. For me, this makes little difference, but there are people who have a choice and choose to take the train. Therefore, NOT running trains on time is not the right gesture towards these men and women. During the last academic year, I could count the number of times that the Intercity to Venlo was late on my hand. The approximate number of times it has happened in a past few weeks.
This is not the right message, either the train runs on time, or the schedule needs to be changed, so that the schedule is not too ambitious and things are on time (albeit later, but still ON TIME).
And of all things, the damn train is late on Earth Day, when we all should think of the environment. But how can we contribute if we do not have the tools ready. And don’t you dare suggest biking to Delft. That would kill me, and a cremation would probably release a lot of CO2.
Peter
