Northern Netherlands could be vital European rail link
Arriva train running in the Netherlands Arriva
With new and improved railway connections, the Northern Netherlands can fulfill an important linking function in Europe and close a gap in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). This appears from a report published by the German-Swiss research bureau Prognos.
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A missing link in terms of TEN-t network in the Northern railway connections is the interest of railway-connections between the Amsterdam -‘IJmond’ seaports, Den Helder, Harlingen and Groningen seaports. This means: a coastal railway-link between ARA-area Amsterdam-IJmouth,
via ‘Afsluitdijk’, at Harlingen to connect with the ‘Wunderlinie’, an existing 150 jear old rail link betweeen Harlingen-Port and Bremen (St Petersburg). The ‘Hanze-Lely’ route …is the death knell for the Wunderlinie