The Netherlands is not the easiest place in which to build a new high-speed railway, but HSL-Zuid is nearly complete and has been built with style as well as engineering expertise. As you approach the new railway it is difficult not to be impressed by the distinctive, architect inspired, and unique design of the overhead line masts.

The HSL-Zuid Project will provide the Dutch with a 300-kph railway from Amsterdam southwards to the Belgian border, a distance of some 100km. Journey times between Amsterdam and Paris or Brussels will be reduced by over an hour, and in some places internal...

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Posted by rjorr at January 18, 2006 5:57 PM