Classic route
Intercity Den Helder–Nijmegen
Den Helder → Nijmegen · Netherlands
- Distance
- 197 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 43 min
- Average speed
- 73 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- NS
- Train
- NS VIRM double-decker
- Countries
- Netherlands
- In service since
- 1865
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Coast to the German border in one train: from Den Helder at the tip of North Holland through Alkmaar and Amsterdam, then Utrecht, the edge of the Veluwe and Arnhem to Nijmegen on the Waal.
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 3027
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