NS Mat '54
The NS Mat '54 or Materieel '54 was an electric multiple unit train, used by the Dutch State-owned railways from 1956 until 1996. The typical nose of the train was designed for extra safety for the train driver. The public gave the train a nickname: Doghead (Hondekop).[1][2][3][4][5]
The trains where built by Allan of Rotterdam, Beijnes and Werkspoor.[2] Equipped with a Scharfenberg coupler it could run in series. Not only with the same model but also with older models, the NS Mat '35, NS Mat '36, NS Mat '40 and NS Mat '46.[1]
The trains were intended for express train services. Rapid acceleration was of less importance than comfort and therefore the trains were solidly constructed, which resulted in a relatively high weight per seat and gave it a very smooth and (for that time) very comfortable run. It is still the heaviest passenger train type to ever ride a European railway. The train needed three minutes to get to a speed of a 120 km/h.[3][4][5][1]
A variant is the NS Mat '57 for Benelux-service which was equipped to ride with the difference in electric current used on the Dutch and Belgian railways so it could connect Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam with Antwerp and Brussels.[1][2][6]
From 1954 till 1962 a total of 153 where build. 73 models with four coaches, 68 with two coaches and 12 for the Benelux-service consisting of two coaches. The trains were painted in green and yellow. In 1968 a new yellow blue color scheme was introduced. It took until 1980 until the last train was painted in new colors. The reason that it took twelve years was because the green paint lasted very well and the Dutch railways tried to cut costs wherever it could.[1] The Benelux models were dark blue and yellow.[2][5]
Two of the trains were involved in the 1975 Dutch train hostage crisis and 1977 Dutch train hijacking.[2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Gestel, Carel (1994). Elekrische treinen in Nederland deel 2. Alkmaar, The Netherlands: De Alk bv. p. 100-159. ISBN 90-6013-526-1. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Spoorwegen Afl.35 De Hondekop". YouTube.com. SpoorwegenTV. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Stichting Hondekop (Mat '54 Foundation)". stichtinghondekop.nl. Stichting Hondekop. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dutch Railway Museum". spoorwegmuseum.nl. Dutch Railway Museum. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Railwiki (detailed information)". railwiki.nl. Somda railwiki. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ "Railwiki Mat '57". railwiki.nl. Somda railwiki. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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