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Illegal_Alien wrote:Looking sexy

Quite.

Almost an head to head collision; They stopped 4 meters from eachother, one train had 100 passengers the other one 15.

Source: http://www.nu.nl/news/1320276/10/Passag ... tsing.html

The RandstadRail metro. Stil in construction.

http://www.kilroynews.net/special/2007-12/20071205.htm




Trains hits trailer, derailed, only light injuries.

Yesterday I had to get from Amstenrade in Limburg to Schiphol airport in time for check-in for a 9.45AM flight. Managed to catch a train from Heerlen at 5.21 to Eindhoven, and then change at Eindhoven for a Schiphol service. It was my first time using any railway outside of the UK, and I don't speak Dutch, but I'm pleased to say I managed it completely hassle-free. The trains I saw all looked really interesting and everything ran like clockwork. A big thumbs-up for Dutch Railways (or the NS at least)!

Thanks a lot.
Your engineer.

Haha you're most welcome. Surely not actually one of the engineers on either of those trains though?

Saying that, I did notice a lot more staff around than you see on any British train.

Well normally there are lot's of complaints about the clockworks but as Chevy once told me:

chevyrider wrote:

Mr. X wrote:I went to enschede recently, so you were the engineer that was driving like mad!

Engineers are allways driving that way.
Not to keep up the scedule, but for a couple of minutes more time for a cup of coffee.

Well complaints or no complaints, normally it's not the drivers fault, it's often the system.
But like in any line of work, the system almost always slows progression.

Our newest train: (Need to have some stuff on the roof)



and:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2141/slt2402il3.jpg (Source: Clicky)

LOLWAT! I wasn't expecting that one arriving so early! Looks really sleek. (but also retarded in some way)

The dutch tracks are seeing a lot of new rolling stock lately. Even though I hold a grudge against the Mat '64, I'm a bit worried about the faith of these little noisy b******.

Source: http://forum.retmetro.nl/index.php?show ... entry66007(Need to register to see)

and even more: http://www.opeenshadikhetforum.nl/viewt ... 118#194118

Cool, the nose looks a bit like the RegioRunner, qua shape.

No toilet, so i hate to drive it now already.
Some trips i drive on their future routes take over 5 hours.

No toilet! And where will you pee? At least can you open the doors?
Just in case, always carry with you a 1 1/2 litre water bottle!
A friend of mine got blocked from a heavy rain in the E75 (flooded for a couple of hours): could not even open the doors of his car as the water would come in. So the bottle proved helpful...

Well, if you are a driver you could try to aim at the (open) door.

Passengers: Just stand on the chair and aim right out of the windows (if they can be opened that is.)

chevyrider wrote:No toilet, so i hate to drive it now already.
Some trips i drive on their future routes take over 5 hours.

Toilets at the stations cost € 0.50
Have fun

Illegal_Alien wrote:the windows (if they can be opened that is.)

Probably not. Nowadays trains seem to rely on airconditioning. But airconditioning doesn't bring in fresh air when it's rather smelly in the train (Sprinters had that in the beginning). Airconditioning only cools the air. I hate non-openable windows

I'm curious to the interior of this new LighTTrain, I hope they're not as crappy as the Sprinters.

Purno wrote:I'm curious to the interior of this new LighTTrain, I hope they're not as crappy as the Sprinters.

If the interior is copied from the DB BR425, prepare to cry.

why is it that the dutch and to some extent the belgian and the french stock looks way better than what we have in the UK

*suffers from the green eyed monster*

Bah

They held a petition on Utrecht Central Station about what kind of seatings to be used. I didn't remember picking this one. Purno you joined me right? What did we pick actually? I forgot.