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NMBS 2825 | trein 13496 | Dordrecht | 13-03-2016

Dordrecht, 13 maart 2016 - In de winter van 2016 op 2017 reed Railpromo met de wekelijkse Austria Express wintersporters naar diverse bestemmingen in Oostenrijk. De treinen reden op de terugweg vanuit Bischofshofen en Landeck via Kufstein en München door Nederland via Venlo, Utrecht, Rotterdam en Roosendaal op weg naar de uiteindelijke bestemming Brussel-Zuid. Dankzij de inzet van een meersysteem-TRAXX vond deze rit plaats zonder tijdrovende locwissel. Daarmee was Railpromo één van de eerste, zo niet dé, eerste vervoerder die met dezelfde locomotief regulier vervoer door vier landen reed.

 

Op 13 maart 2016 reed de terugkerende trein 13496 met NMBS B Logistics 2825 als tractie. Deze loc promoot de website www.modal-shift.be, waar de vervoerder zijn steeds uitgebreidere dienstenpakket op vermeldt. Op sleep is een mix van NMBS I6Bc en Wagon Service Bcmh ligrijtuigen.

 

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Dordrecht, 13 March 2016 - In the winter of 2016 and 2017 Railpromo operated the weekly Austria Express, carrying winter sport enthousiasts from Belgium and the Netherlands to the Austrian slopes. The trains traveled from Bruxelles Midi, Antwerp, Roosendaal, Rotterdam, Utrecht, 's-Hertogenbosch and Venlo non stop to Austria. Within Austria several of the main ski areas were accessed, before arriving at the end stations Bischofshofen and Landeck. Thanks to the use of a multi-system TRAXX of B Logistics Railpromo was able to operate these trains without time consuming locomotive changes at the borders. One locomotive would provide the tractive force for the entire journey between Bruxelles and Bischofshofen. Therewith the company was one of the first, if not the first, to provide regular passenger travel through four countries without changing the locomotive.

 

On the thirteenth of March 2016 the returning Railpromo train 13496 was hauled by B Logistics TRAXX 2825. This locomotive sports an advertisement for the website www.modal-shift.be on which the Belgian freight operator presents its ever expanding service offering. On its tail is a combination of I6Bc sleeper carriages of NMBS and Bcmh carriages of Wagon Services.

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