Classic route
Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal
Zwolle → Roosendaal · Netherlands
- Distance
- 205 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 43 min
- Average speed
- 75 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- NS
- Train
- NS ICM / VIRM
- Countries
- Netherlands
- In service since
- 1865
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The long Dutch diagonal, Overijssel to the Belgian border in two and three quarter hours down the IJssel through Deventer and Zutphen and across Brabant, on the state railway the act of 1860 ordered built.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4864 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 3621
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal?
The Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal runs 205 km from Zwolle to Roosendaal.
How long does the Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 43 min for the 205 km. That is an average of 75 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal?
NS.
How old is the Intercity Zwolle–Roosendaal?
The line has been in service since 1865. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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