Classic route
Intercity Vlissingen
Amsterdam → Vlissingen · Netherlands
- Distance
- 218 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 44 min
- Average speed
- 80 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- NS
- Train
- NS VIRM double-decker
- Countries
- Netherlands
- In service since
- 1873
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The long way to the sea: Haarlem, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam, then over the Hollands Diep into Zeeland and along the Scheldt through Goes and Middelburg to Vlissingen, on rails finished in 1873.
How this line was checked
- Line traced onto the OpenStreetMap rail graph
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 2317
- Facts cross-checked against Wikipedia
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