Amsterdam-Berlin connection could be less than 5 hours
source: NS
Dutch and German officials called to add the Zwolle-Enschede-Münster connection to the priority TEN-T network during a meeting with members of parliament in The Hague. By measures such as doubling a section of track in the Netherlands, the train journey between the west and east of the Netherlands can be shortened by at least half an hour. This benefits the international connection to Berlin, which could be less than 5 hours in total.
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Trains from Berlin to Amsterdam go through Amersfoort, Deventer and Osnabrück. I can’t understand why rerouting them through Zwolle or even a detour to Münster would help them. The botteneck between Minden and Wunsdorf (Hannover) is more important.
The double tracking and electrification of the routes may be meaningful for the regions connected. The inclusion in TEN-T seems to be a pretext to divert European money. Are more funds accessible at the EU level that at lower levels of goverment?