Dutch Railway Resistance

On the 29th of January 50 Dutch activists squatted two buildings on the route of the 'Betuwelijn', a train line under construction. The buildings, a farmhouse and a worker's house, are being fortified and treehouses are under construction in nearby trees.

The Betuwelijn is a Trans European Network project connecting Rotterdam w ith the Ruhr area with a freight train line. It is predicted to cost the Dutch Government 4 billion euros.

One activist commented: 'Construction will ruin some nature, bother people in the area and is useless.'

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