Snow disrupts Dutch air, rail and road traffic

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Hundreds of flights were grounded in the Netherlands on Tuesday, and trains and buses were cancelled across the country, as tr...

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Hundreds of flights were grounded in the Netherlands on Tuesday, and trains and buses were cancelled across the country, as travellers faced another day of delay and disruption caused by unusually heavy snowfall.

At Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, 400 flights were cancelled earlier in the day, with airline Air France-KLM saying that chemicals used to de-ice aircraft were running low.

The Dutch national rail operator NS said that there were no trains running at all until 10:00 am (0900 GMT) with services resuming only sporadically afterwards. In the Amsterdam area traffic remained very limited, the operator said.

In Utrecht, transport companies cancelled all buses in the region until Wednesday morning, due to slippery conditions.

On the roads, fewer traffic jams were reported than the previous day, as many employees heeded official calls to work from home.