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This was confirmed by Belgian Rail spokesman Bart Crols. It’s the second incident in three days.
Passengers had to alight in the Breda area, in the southern part of the Netherlands, where they could take a bus to Antwerp. In Antwerp, they could continue their journey taking another train to Brussels. It is not yet clear what the consequences will be for the rest of today’s schedule.
The brand new high-speed train ran for the first time on Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, things went wrong north of Antwerp. Due to a technical failure, the Fyra train was halted for 45 minutes. Yesterday, the first Fyra had a delay of 30 minutes, which disturbed the rest of yesterday’s schedule.
Fyra replaces the Benelux train. Passengers are now paying more for their ticket and also have to make a reservation, and there are fewer stops between Brussels and Amsterdam. On the other hand, travel times have been reduced drastically from 3 to 2 hours, that is, if everything goes according to plan.
[Flandersnews.be / Expatica]