Venlo (Netherlands - Germany)

Venlo consists of two parts, the passenger section is equipped with switchable tracks, whereas the freight section is divided into two parts. As the trains from Germany don't run to Eindhoven anymore, only few use of the passenger section is made. Hourly push-pull-trains change their direction under 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz. With the increasing number of services by private freight operators (e.g. R4C and DLC), the fraction of diesels running through has also raised.

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various impressions from Venlo, taken on 20. August 2004 © mtnsub.org

former times at Venlo © Langs de rails				DB class 155 at Venlo, 29. May 1999

On 29. May 1999 the international services Cologne-Einhoven were discontinued due to a lack of passengers, as the official explanation was. For this special occasion the last "D-trains" were hauled by historic locos on the Dutch part of their service. The interested trainspotters saw NS 1202 (blue livery), NS 1301 (yellow livery) and NS 1501 (black livery). In the fifties and sixties there was a need for 1500 DC locos in the Netherlands. Because they had become superfluous in Britain, NS bought some locos of BR class 27000. They have been repainted yellow and grey livery and have been mainly in use between Den Haag - Venlo.