NSHispeed - The Netherlands
Evacuation test of the "Groene Hart Tunnel" on the new HSL-Zuid high-speed line
between Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) and Rotterdam.
Power substation near Hoofddorp at the beginning of the HSL-Zuid. This is the
first line in The Netherlands powered by 25kV 50Hz. Also on the "Betuweroute"
freight line this will be used, but on that line is not in service yet. Lunch
packages for the participants are being brought to the train.
Hoofddorp, 01-09-2007
Digital photo by Marco van Uden