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Fyra (Dutch:) was an international high-speed rail service between the Netherlands and Belgium using the AnsaldoBreda V250 train. The service used the HSL-Zuid and HSL 4 railway lines to connect Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels. [1]
Map of the Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed line. The Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed railway is a high-speed rail line connecting Schiphol Airport railway station, 9 kilometres southwest of the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Antwerp, Belgium. It has a total length of 147 kilometres (91 miles), crossing the Dutch/Belgian border at Hazeldonk/Meer.
The Brussels S Train service was added in December 2015 and took over a good deal of the L trains. S Trains, and were later also introduced around other key cities like Antwerp, Liège, Gent. International (high speed) services operate to countries such as the Netherlands, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and UK.
HSL 4 is used by international Eurostar and ICE trains as well as domestic InterCity services. Initially, NS Hispeed (now NS International) planned using the newly ordered V250 for the fast Fyra train service between Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Due to technical problems with the model, this plan was scrapped.
Fyra International was an international high speed train service operated with V250 rolling stock between Amsterdam Centraal – Schiphol Airport – Rotterdam Centraal – Antwerp – Brussels, 10 times daily. Due to intensive problems with V250, this service only ran for forty days, between 8 December 2012 and 17 January 2013.
Amsterdam Centraal–Schiphol Airport –Rotterdam Centraal–Breda: NS Class 186+ICRmh [G] 1000: Amsterdam Centraal–Schiphol Airport –Rotterdam Centraal: 1500: Intercity: Amsterdam Centraal–Amersfoort Centraal (– Deventer) ICMm [C] 1600: Schiphol Airport –Amersfoort Centraal–Deventer–Enschede: ICMm [C] / VIRMm [F] 1700
Intercity Direct, abbreviated to ICD, is a Dutch category of higher-speed train service, operating on the HSL-Zuid and connecting Amersfoort Vathorst / Lelystad to Amsterdam Zuid, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam Centraal and Breda.
These trains connect the airport to Rotterdam, Breda, Antwerp, Brussels Airport, Brussels and Paris. Reservations are obligatory to board Eurostar trains. For Intercity Direct trains to Breda a supplemental fare is required for the high-speed stretch to Rotterdam.