Train Cab Ride NL / HSL / Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Eindhoven / TRAXX Intercity / March 2020

Welcome on board of the Intercity Direct and Intercity from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and from Rotterdam to Eindhoven. This video was recorded just before the coronavirus struck the Netherlands. Amsterdam - Rotterdam: At the start of the ride the doors of the train are closed a little late. This is why we depart with a minute delay from Amsterdam. Since the start of the &train schedule&from the end of 2019 there&a fault in the time table of the 1000-series from Amsterdam to Schiphol. The ride to Schiphol takes 13 minutes. But we only have 12 minutes on the train schedule to drive there. It can be can done in 12 minutes when you run over all junctions at local maximum speed. So this is what we do. The fault in the timetable is located between the point where we reach the high way A10 and Schiphol Airport. This is why you will see the minute delay disappear soon after departure, but it comes back when we arrive at Schiphol. When delayed there&no way to come back on schedule without a change in the timetable. This problem is already reported and we hope it will get fixed soon. On entering the high speed line we must confirm the new ETCS-level 1. The train automatically changes to level 2 as soon as we reach the first stop marker board. Conventional tracks are powered by 1.5kV DC. The high speed line is powered by 25kV AC. Therefore we need to lower the pantographs, change the active pantograph, get through the grounded part of the powerlines and then set up the pantograph and...