The Hague Central Station will not be accessible by train throughout the weekend. Due to the construction work, there will be no trains to and from the station. Travelers can still reach the station by tram, bus and RandstadRail. The rail operator ProRail is working on overhead lines, train protection, cables and pipes. In addition, the tracks are also being renewed. The Hague Central Station is one of the busiest stations in the country.
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Pro-Palestine demonstrations are planned in several cities in the Netherlands on Saturday. On social media, supporters call for protests in The Hague, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Enschede, Maastricht, Den Bosch, as well as Deventer. Last week, some demonstrations were turbulent. For example, the police had to intervene at The Hague Central Station on Wednesday.
Climate activists blocked the A12 highway in The Hague for the second day in a row on Sunday. Around 11:45 a.m., the first protesters arrived on the highway, and by 11:55 a.m. there were about 1,000 demonstrators on and along the A12. The police arrested one climate activist, according to an ANP reporter on the scene.
Supporters of the climate action group Extinction Rebellion began the announced blockade of the A12 highway in The Hague on Saturday. Just before noon, several thousand protesters walked onto the highway. There they were stopped by the police. Start actie #A12 pic.twitter.com/ALJIyZRz1T