NS blocked alternatives Fyra – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

NS subsidiary High Speed ​​Alliance (HSA), the operator of the high-speed line, wanted to maintain the Benelux train as an alternative to the Fyra. However, this was not supported by parent company NS. This HSA had no alternative to fall back when the Fyra in the winter of 2013 had to be removed after forty days on the track due to serious defects. That said former Chairman Jan-Willem Siebers HSA Thursday against the parliamentary inquiry committee to examine the Fyra debacle.

From the interview it became clear that HSA was severely limited in its ability to test the Fyra for commissioning good. Thus, the purchase agreement with the Italian manufacturer AnsaldoBreda train did not provide for a test phase, a so-called integral experimental farm. ”

The test phase was finally completed was much less extensive than was wise, Bas Oosthoek, stated who was responsible for coordinating ProRail the commissioning of the HSL. “You should do at least 200 representative test runs with a train. That was not reached at the Fyra so there rolled a rather fuzzy picture from, “he said. Also Oosthoek would have preferred the Benelux train longer could drive until the reliability of Fyra was fixed.

According to former HSA director Siebers was in line with expectations it would show the Fyra growing pains, as practiced by the commissioning of a new train. Ultimately, there was much more going on and struggled with the Fyra ‘structural issues’, as suggested Siebers. The former HSA director indicated that he would have had a different supplier. “We were very disappointed in the resolution of AnsaldoBreda,” as stated Siebers.