Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: intercity

At Tilburg Universiteit station

Normally platform 1 & 2 are used for the train from Leiden to Utrecht.

Normally platform 1 & 2 are used for the train from Leiden to Utrecht.

These trains could be coupled so that you could walk from one train to another through the nose. It has costed a lot of money to develop that coupling, but now the trains are no longer coupled in that way. It takes too much time according to the national railways.

The track between Leiden and Utrecht is about the worst in the Netherlands. It is a single track, often disrupted because there is a cow on the line or a signals failure. The trains are often busy to the point of bursting. It used to be a all-station service, but since recently the Dutch railways upgraded it to an intercity (fast train) service. It skips two stations where it used to stop, but it takes longer. There is one good thing about this line: it cuts right across the so-called "green heart" of the Netherlands, so it offers great views of the Dutch countryside and those fabulous skies you can see on the old Dutch masters.

The name of this station can be roughly translated into English as Bird Song-Ben's Trousers The station has been closed for decades. The train is an Intercity – soon to be abolished in the Netherlands in favour of slow trains that call at all stations (and perhaps even at this one).