mDDM making testruns
On 20 August 1997, DeDietrich built mDDM power car 390 7701 of NS with DD-AR rake 7844 is returning from a test run and passes the level crossing near Rotterdam Kleiweg station. The train is on its way to Leidschendam depot, and therefore uses a part the 'Hofpleinlijn' local line between Rotterdam Hofplein and The Hague.
As the train used the single-track connection between the Gouda-Utrecht main line and the Hofplein line, the train is on the left-hand track and will switch to the right hand track after having passed Kleiweg station.
A lot has changed since than. The level crossing is still in use, but trains have been superseded by RET metros of line E. Once the first electrified railway in the Netherlands, the Hofplein line became part of the Rotterdam metro network, after an extensive modernisation and conversion including the construction of a tunnel between Kleiweg and Central station. Obviously, the connections to the main railway network were removed. There were two, so that trains coming from Rotterdam and from Utrecht could reach the Hofplein line. This was particularly useful for transferring trains to and from Leidschendam depot but also to divert trains when the main line Rotterdam - The Hague was blocked.
After 20 years of use in regional and local services, the mDDM/DD-AR trainsets were refurbished and rebuilt for intercity services. They now wear the yellow/blue intercity livery of NS.
Rotterdam Kleiweg
20-08-1997
T199708-0045
mDDM making testruns
On 20 August 1997, DeDietrich built mDDM power car 390 7701 of NS with DD-AR rake 7844 is returning from a test run and passes the level crossing near Rotterdam Kleiweg station. The train is on its way to Leidschendam depot, and therefore uses a part the 'Hofpleinlijn' local line between Rotterdam Hofplein and The Hague.
As the train used the single-track connection between the Gouda-Utrecht main line and the Hofplein line, the train is on the left-hand track and will switch to the right hand track after having passed Kleiweg station.
A lot has changed since than. The level crossing is still in use, but trains have been superseded by RET metros of line E. Once the first electrified railway in the Netherlands, the Hofplein line became part of the Rotterdam metro network, after an extensive modernisation and conversion including the construction of a tunnel between Kleiweg and Central station. Obviously, the connections to the main railway network were removed. There were two, so that trains coming from Rotterdam and from Utrecht could reach the Hofplein line. This was particularly useful for transferring trains to and from Leidschendam depot but also to divert trains when the main line Rotterdam - The Hague was blocked.
After 20 years of use in regional and local services, the mDDM/DD-AR trainsets were refurbished and rebuilt for intercity services. They now wear the yellow/blue intercity livery of NS.
Rotterdam Kleiweg
20-08-1997
T199708-0045