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Article: NS rewrites the book on timetabling: Netherlands Railways has launched its most ambitious new timetable for 36 years with the slogan "More, easy and reliable." Keith Barrow looks at how NS is using the new schedule to tackle capacity and reliability issues on one of Europe's busiest railways.(Netherlands)
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- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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TRAVELLING along the Amsterdam-Utrecht line, it's striking how often your view of the Dutch countryside is punctuated by the blue and yellow flash of a passing train. This is one of the busiest main lines on the busiest rail network in Europe, and with passenger growth of around 5% per year, the pressure on each train path is increasing.
Fortunately relief is on the way for this line in the form of two additional tracks which are due to open next month. But at 965 million [euro] for 28km of railway, and following lengthy delays in commissioning ETCS Level 2, such large-scale projects are no longer favoured by either the infrastructure authority ProRail or the ...