📋 Tender Overview
More than 1.5 million hikers and partygoers will enjoy the biggest party in Nijmegen again from Saturday 12 July. The Nijmegen Four Days Marches is from Tuesday 15 to Friday 18 July, but the city is also full of the days before. NS will run extra trains to and from Nijmegen from Saturday 12 July.
The fastest and easiest way to get to the center of Nijmegen is by train. During the day and in the evening, extra (long) trains run on different routes to transport the spectators and partygoers to and from Nijmegen. From Tuesday to Friday, the trains run from different directions earlier to Nijmegen in the morning, so that hikers can start at the start on time. From Saturday July 12 to Friday July 18 (extra) night trains on the Nijmegen-Arnhem-Zutphen-Zwolle, Nijmegen-Zutphen-Zwolle, Nijmegen-Zutphen-Zwolle, and Nijmegen-Hertogenbonden can make the Special Pendeeltreen. and Nijmegen ride. The normal timetable on this process has been adjusted on this day. Arriva runs from Saturday 12 to Friday 18 July extra night trains between Arnhem Centraal and Doetinchem and between Elst and Tiel. The NS trains from Nijmegen connect to these Arriva trains. From Tuesday, July 15 to Friday, July 18, Arriva also drives through the night between Nijmegen and Venray. A train runs every half hour. Travelers can plan their journey with the NS Travel Planner or on NS.nl. It is also possible to store the travel advice in the app; If something changes in the trip, the traveler will receive a notification.
Safe transfer takes measures to guarantee the safety of travelers and to keep the atmosphere at the station as cozy as possible. There are extra colleagues from NS and Arriva to ensure that the flow runs smoothly and to help travelers. There are access gates in front of the entrance of the station. Wouter Horstra, Manager Social Security NS: Through the gates, we can guide all travelers in and out in phases and you prevent congestion. That good flow is very important. After all, the station is not actually built for this kind of huge numbers. So a great challenge for us every year.
What is different this year? This year, just like at events such as Kings Day Arnhem and Carnival, there is a 100% access control for the station. Travelers are checked for a valid ticket. There are also special fences on the platforms this year that must ensure that travelers go well on the platform, so that the crowds are spread well over the train and it is not too busy on certain parts of the platform. This means that stores at the station will not sell alcohol.
Through the gates we can guide all travelers in and out in phases and you prevent congestion.
Wouter Horstra, Social Security Manager ,,
Repeated because of success: hup-on hup-off Express and massage chair from Friday 12 July, the station is already completely dedicated to the Four Days Marches. All walking days runs a special NS Hup-on Hup-Off train through Nijmegen. This free transport service stops on seven different stations and departs daily from the Stationsplein van Nijmegen. The train brings travelers to the nicest destinations in the city. Walkers can, for lighting the painful feet, be massaged in the special massage chair. Good prepared for travel NS advises travelers without a public transport chip card to buy a ticket in advance, also for the return trip. That is also possible on NS.nl and in the NS app. It can be very busy at ticket machines at Nijmegen station. Travel your 2nd class and without a subscription and you are unable to buy a ticket in advance, then you can also check in and out with your payment card or mobile banking app on your smartphone. Arriva also advises travelers to consult the travel planner (shortly before departure).
