On June 24, 2025, train services between Schiphol Airport and major Dutch cities including Amsterdam and Utrecht were suspended due to a power outage caused by a fire in the Schiphol rail tunnel. Dutch authorities, including Minister Van Weel, have launched an investigation into the incident, considering the possibility of sabotage. The fire destroyed numerous cables critical to the rail network, severely disrupting train traffic on the opening day of a two-day NATO summit held in the Netherlands. Police have not ruled out arson as the cause and are exploring potential links between the incident and the NATO summit. Experts have indicated that the suspicion of sabotage is not limited to any single country. The disruption affected the entire morning and continued into the following day, with additional train problems reported elsewhere on the Dutch rail network.
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