The delay is partly attributable to software program updates and supply issues attributable to corona and the battle in Ukraine. The sooner intercity, which may run at as much as 200 kilometers per hour, is not going to enter passenger service on the high-speed line till the second quarter of subsequent 12 months. Till then, solely check drives with out vacationers will happen.
Heijnen regrets the delay, she writes. She needs to have an exterior investigation into whether or not the NS’s new planning is possible.
Using the ICNG will finally scale back the journey time on the high-speed line, in order that vacationers from Rotterdam and Breda can attain Schiphol extra shortly. The present trains on that route can solely run at 160 kilometers per hour.
