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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Top-down ‘coup’ and contract ‘monstrosity’ broke the Netherlands’ most important high-speed line, claims whistleblower - RailTech.com

The Netherlands’ flagship high-speed line is cracking under pressure – literally. And according to a frustrated reader of RailTech’s sister publication SpoorPro – who is apparently a former engineer who worked on the project – it’s no accident. A “monstrosity” of a contract model, a “coup” at the Utrecht project office, and years of buried warnings. That’s what he says lies behind the HSL-South’s slow-motion collapse.

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