Come and pick up your Fyra trains, NS tells Italian maker [DutchNews.nl]
Date: 18/09/2013
Dutch railway firm NS has told the Italian maker of the troubled Fyra trains to pick up all 16 units and take them back home. ‘We want rid of them,’ a spokesman told Nos television. ‘It’s a one-way ticket to Italy.’ The high-speed trains have been idle in Watergraafsmeer near Amsterdam since they were taken out of service this winter because of technical failings. NS says it needs the space for other trains. [From Richard Buckby]
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Dutch railway firm NS has told the Italian maker of the troubled Fyra trains to pick up all 16 units and take them back home. We want rid of them, a spokesman told Nos television. Its a one-way ticket to Italy. The high-speed trains have been idle in Watergraafsmeer near Amsterdam since they were taken out of service this winter because of technical failings. NS says it needs the space for other trains. NS and AnsaldoBreda are currently involved in...
