The new intercity trains in The Netherlands will first serve routes that will use the high speed line (also known as Intercity direct) and later regular routes in combination with the high speed line.
Rotterdam Centraal railway statuion, the biggest railway station in the 2nd city of the Netherlands and the third busiest railway station in The Netherlands plays an important role for high speed trains in the Netherlands and for me it’s (almost) home, so apart from showing the trains, there’s a station review of Rotterdam Centraal station in this video as well.
The name for these new trains is ICNG (Intercity New Generation), what isn’t the most timeless name in my opinion. However these trains are diffrent in many ways from what we’ve seen before on Dutch trains and because they are already in service for a while, in this video, we can find out what’s good and less good about these trains after being in service for some months now.
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Eurostar London – Brussels – Rotterdam – Amsterdam: https://youtu.be/veL9_Mot_ro
Intercity Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Breda – Antwerp – Brussels (old trains on this route): https://youtu.be/4GVe9hNATjo
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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Roterdam Centraal railway station review
14:44 Intercity Direct route & routes for train along the high speed line in The Netherlands
16:00 Fare system (Intercity Direct)
17:44 ICNG Intercity Direct train between Rotterdam & Amsterdam via Schiphol
27:04 Views from the train between Rotterdam & Amsterdam
29:28 End of this trip report
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7 Comments
Wow, wat een metamorfose is deze video ten opzichte van de oudere video's 🙌
It’s so weird to hear Eurostar as being a NL-BE-FR connection! Although I hope that eventually there will be direct services between London and Cologne – let’s hope with the (likely) new government in Britain next year!
Excellent video as always!
I love the swept line on the control cabs. Impressive interiors.
The guy at 14:18 😂😂😂😂
Great video and extremely comprehensive! As a small nit, I was briefly thrown by what you meant when using "what" instead of "which." For instance, "the handicapped space is nearby, what makes sense" should be "[…] which makes sense."
I'm genuinely impressed by the production value of your videos, which even include Dutch subtitles!
I quite like the wall decor in the toilets. It’s a lot more cheerful than the usual bland colours
Great video. I often pass through Rotterdam (it's the dutch city I've visited the most for various reasons), but I learned a ton about the area around the station. Cannot wait to get these ICNG trains in Belgium too, the current sets are insanely unreliable as I'm sure you know. the interior capacity looks very small. I am nervous as the trains to Brussels are already insanely busy almost always.