Classic route
Intercity Direct
Amsterdam → Breda · Netherlands
Intercity Direct in pictures
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- Distance
- 123 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 8 min
- Average speed
- 109 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- NS
- Train
- ICNG · Class 3100
- Countries
- Netherlands
- In service since
- 2009
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
New ICNG trains take the HSL-Zuid high-speed line, hitting 200 km/h as they link Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Breda without a change.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 18413426 (62 km), relation 1323488 (46 km) — 107 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 94.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: NS — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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