Train Cab Ride NL / European Instruction / Amsterdam - Utrecht - Maastricht / VIRM IC / May 2024

Welcome on board! Make sure to enjoy every minute of this video with European Instruction. I don't know the next publishing date because of our wedding coming up. Have a good run I'll be back later! :D

0:00 Amsterdam Centraal
5:34 Amsterdam Muiderpoort
7:38 Amsterdam Amstel
9:55 Spaklerweg (M)
10:46 Van der Madeweg (M)
11:08 Duivendrecht
11:30 Strandvliet (M)
11:37 Amsterdam Arena
11:46 Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena
12:08 Bullewijk (M)
12:36 Amsterdam Holendrecht
13:26 Province Border!
13:38 Abcoude + Aquaduct

17:17 Bugs on Windshield
It's that time of year. I will clean the windows as much as possible when standing still to prevent an even more blurry view on the camera. :)

18:49 Breukelen
21:19 Maarssen
23:36 Werkspoorbrug
24:22 Utrecht Zuilen
25:46 Utrecht Centraal

29:13 Delayed Train Ahead!
After Houten a delayed sprinter is planned to go ahead of us but it's path is not yet set. I get an update from the train dispatcher for my passengers. We will go first.

30:24 Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn
31:35 Utrecht Lunetten
33:24 Houten

34:15 Houten Castellum
The delayed sprinter only just arrived at Houten Castellum.

34:47 Schalkwijkse Spoorbrug

36:08 Temporary Speed Limit
Unfortunately we have 4 (!) of these limits on our route! :(

37:31 Kuilenburgse Spoorbrug (Province Border)
38:27 Culemborg
39:13 Temporary Speed Limit
43:12 Geldermalsen
44:23 Betuweroute Connection
46:50 D.r W. Hupkesbrug
47:26 Temporary Speed Limit

47:41 Zaltbommel + Oud Zaltbommel
52:19 Hedelse Spoorbrug (Province Border)

54:22 's-Hertogenbosch
Small delay at arrival. Thankfully we could speed up without problems in between the speed limits.

1:00:29 Vught Connection
You'll see some changes coming up there in the future. You can already see the work has been started right after Vught connection. In the future trains between 's-Hertogenbosch - Tilburg / Boxtel can pass each other at this location without conflict. For that a lot of work must be done.

1:04:38 Boxtel
1:09:08 Best

1:14:05 Approaching Eindhoven
There's a delayed train ahead of us. So we had to slow down a little. Just in front of us you can see the signal changing colour. Yellow-6 means limit speed to 60km/h. But since the signal turns green, the speed sign just in front of it is now valid for our train. Limit speed to 80km/h.

1:14:47 Eindhoven Strijp-S
1:15:40 Eindhoven Stadion

1:16:07 Eindhoven Centraal
At this point my speedometer camera stabilisator goes mad. On the edit of the video I had the choice of deleting it. But instead I widened the view on the speedometer in editing the video. It's a nasty bug. But it will fix itself in about 30 minutes. This way you still have the view on the speedometer. :)

1:23:04 Geldrop
1:24:55 Heeze + Oud Heeze
1:29:03 Maarheeze
1:30:05 Province Border

1:32:37 Approaching Weert
We are now in the part of the country with multiple lines coming from Belgium of Germany.

1:47:25 Approaching Roermond
After Roermond another (old) line splitting up.

1:52:37 Speedometer Bug Gone!
Back to the old fashioned view on the speedometer! :D

1:55:49 European Instruction
The train dispatcher call to give us a European Instruction 5. This means we must lower our speed some kilometers away from us. Most of the time due to infrastructure problems. There's is no temporary speed limit in place yet. Therefor the train dispatcher must inform all drivers personally. At this point you can see how this works.

After we received and repeated back the European Instruction we gain speed again until we reach the point where we must lower our speed.

1:59:16 Approaching European Instruction 5 Area
Lowering speed as instructed by the train dispatcher. Speeding up as soon as the train has passed the instructed area for lower speed.

2:03:33 Sittard

2:07:32 Temporary Speed Limit
Yay! Another (!!) speed limit in place because of infrastructure problems. :(:(:( ProRail really needs to get back on track with maintenance!

2:10:46 Geleen-Lutterade
Time to speed up again and inform the passengers about our delay.

2:13:24 Beek-Elslo

2:15:56 Favorite Turn!
This is one of the most beautiful railway curved tracks in the country (because of the view).

2:17:31 Bunde

2:18:25 Contact Train Dispatcher
Asking for a free path into our terminal station.

2:19:08 Maastricht Noord

2:20:17 Maastricht
Arriving at our terminal station. I hope you liked this ride!

Because of our up coming wedding I don't know when the next publishing date will be. I'll keep you all updated about the next video date in my Youtube posts and of course of Instagram and other socials when the time is there!

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The Meaning of Signals
https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0017707/

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