Train Cab Ride NL / Den Haag – Schiphol Airport – Amsterdam / SLT Sprinter / July 2017

Описание: Train Drivers View on the sprinter service from Den Haag Central Station via Leiden and Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Central Station. Today we get to run an SLT with 10 carriages which we combined on our arrival 15 minutes earlier at Den Haag Central Station. We are perfectly on time ready for departure but unfortunately we have to wait for a delayed sprinter coming from Leiden first. This train has a 4 minute delay on its arrival.

As soon as we’ve departed it’s our duty to get back on schedule ASAP. Luckily we have an SLT with us so we can speed up to the trains maximum speed where this is possible. This isn’t the case when you get to drive a SGMm for example because that train has a maximum speed of 120km/h.

As you can see it’s a pretty nice ride until De Vink where we’re almost fully back on time. Unfortunately the signal man hasn’t giving us a save signal at Leiden so we can’t speed up to the maximum speed between De Vink and Leiden. So, still +1 on our arrival there. After our arrival we have a 11 minute stopover at Leiden. This is planned this way because the intercity service needs to pass by. If we would depart earlier the intercity would get stuck behind us ion our stopover at Nieuw-Vennep.

As soon as we get a green signal again we continue to Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam. On our arrival in Hoofddorp you can see the train yard Hoofddorp Opstel on the right. You can also see a brand new VIRMm1 departing from there, ready for a new ride to another city.

After Schiphol all is going just as planned until Amsterdam Sloterdijk. It takes a while before we get the departure signal from the train manager because he’s helping out some travelers. We depart with a minute delay and keep the train to its full speed all the time from that moment on. And of course we arrive on the dot at our final destination, Amsterdam Central Station.

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