Sharon Dijksma, the state secretary for infrastructure and environment, has approved the Theemsweg Route decision to alter 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 kilometres, in response to the expected capacity bottleneck from an increase in rail and shipping traffic.
Rerouting the line via the Theemsweg means that rail traffic will no longer travel across the Calandbrug, nor will it be held up when the bridge is raised for shipping.
The new route is expected to be completed in 2021.
