Secretary of State approves Theemsweg Route decision
Sharon Dijksma, the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Environment, has approved the Theemsweg Route decision. This involves altering the course of the Port Railway Line in the port of Rotterdam.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and ProRail will reroute the line over a section of around 4.5 km. The new Theemsweg Route will be completed in 2021, when the Calandbrug reaches the end of its technical service life. This alteration represents a response to the expected capacity bottleneck due to an increase in rail and shipping traffic. Rerouting the line via the Theemsweg means that rail traffic will no longer travel across the Calandbrug and will no longer be held up when the bridge is raised for shipping.
