One of the
greatest failures in the Netherlands over the past few years has been the
development of the high-speed trains. In 2004, the Dutch railways, NS, together
with the Belgian railways ordered 19 high-speed trains from the Italian company
AnsaldoBreda. The trains were intended to
be put in use as of 2009, but only in December 2012 were the first trains
actually in use. Shortly thereafter, the service stopped and afterward it was
decided to return the trains to their manufacturer, because of technical
problems. The high-speed train was meant to travel at speeds of
240km/hour. A high-speed line between
Amsterdam and Brussels is now planned, which will open in 2017 and will have trains
which travel at the speed of 160 km/hour.
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