The Dutch Railways promise a trial with a fast train that stops at Assen – Drenthe – DVHN.nl

This is the result of a meeting between NS CEO Roger van Boxtel and Councilman Harmke Vlieg (ChristenUnie) van Assen. MP Henk Brink (VVD). "It was a tough conversation," says Brink. ,, But we looked into each other's eyes and respect each other's points of view. We took care of what we could do for Drenthe. "

For Nova Scotia, it is a puzzle and a dilemma," said Regional Director Joost van der Bijl of NS Noordoost, also present at the meeting, when NS makes a quick connection with Groningen, Assen raises the finger.If he succeeds, other cities could follow.

,, We have consultations on this subject at Spoortafel, where are present representatives of the four northern provinces and aldermen of the four big cities.These directors have conflicting interests. "

Still testing with jump stations

Nevertheless, it was agreed that SN would now hold a test in January with a train connection to skip all the intermediate stations, and in the spring the same experience will come to a halt in Assen Spoortafel will discuss this later in 2019.

According to Brink, it is very important that the northern provinces unite the "We must make the North more accessible. That's why I also advocate a quick connection with Leeuwarden. It can not be that they think in Groningen that it is organized when there is a quick connection to the city. & # 39; & # 39;

Time loss of 2 to 3 minutes

According to Brink, the loss of time is 2 or 3 minutes when the train is on arrival. Assen stops. "He is not allowed to go faster than 80 km / h of Assen".

Harmke Vlieg notices that a train that dumps everything on Drenthe is in reality unmentionable. Brink adds: ,, As Drenthe, we helped speed up connections. Take all the investments at Assen Station and Hoogeveen. We support investments in Zwolle. Then this train will not be able to ignore Drenthe completely. & # 39; & # 39;