The train last Thursday near The Hague Central station derailed, went off with two badly damaged wheels. This is likely to be the cause of the derailment has been, as reported in the NS.
Rob Luyten, director of technology at the NS, said in a press release that the Dutch rail infrastructure provider ProRail research on the infrastructure and the situation on the ground has to be done.
“We have to take the train to the workshop in Leidschendam, the netherlands for inspection and examination. It seems that two of the wheels of the vehicle are defective and have become, next to the train on the tracks somehow. Some serious damage to the wheels, it is very rare, and it is essential for you to find out how this could happen,” said Luyten.
The Research council for Safety, along with the ANT and the railways to carry out exhaustive investigations into the accident. This research is in accordance with Luyten yet.
At the start of the train journey became a conductor, and injuries. At the time of the derailment, there were 170 people on the train. These people have got no-one is injured. Due to the accident occurred to drive between Den Haag Centraal and Utrecht-Central to Monday morning is no direct train service.
