Bert Meerstadt, former railway manager, today before the parliamentary committee of inquiry Fyra. Photo ANP Bart Size
The NS held in 2008 in order to return the concession for the high-speed rail transportation in the state. That said, the then chief executive of NS, Bert Lake City, this afternoon at the parliamentary inquiry commission Fyra.
Meerstadt liked restitution “pure” because NS until then had failed to allow high-speed trains over the railroad. A second reason was that the high-speed rail operator HSA, a subsidiary of NS, was nearly bankrupt. His proposal to return the concession was intended “to get away,” said Meerstadt. After consulting the Commissioners, the proposal was rejected because “NS was still the logical operator”.
Meerstadt startled appearance V250
The first sight of the V250 of AnsaldoBreda, on a plaque, Meerstadt scared.
“I liked the look of the train a little crazy, with that long duckbill.”
That appearance stemmed from additional Specifications for collisions, understood Meerstadt. When AnsaldoBreda in the summer of 2005 said that the delivery of the trains was delayed by the crash requirements, Meerstadt sent an internal mail around with the recommendation to outwardly say that the delay was due to the safety system ERTMS. From that moment, that excuse was increasingly used by AnsaldoBreda. According Meerstadt he chose one of the possible explanations. The commission was intended to keep the state at bay.
Mutual distrust between the state and NS
Meerstadt gave again, as with other Fyra interviews, a picture of the bad relations between the NS and the Ministry of Transport. Several ministers NS and HSA vainly asked for the figures on the business case for HSA.
According Meerstadt NS has provided all the information that the state according to the concession agreement of 2001 was bound to. Business Sensitive information could be obtained through a third party, such as a consulting firm.
Meerstadt:
“It’s unbelievable that the ministry has not made use of it.”
Traffic Minister Camiel Eurlings called it in his trial, which is still ongoing, in turn “unacceptable and socially irresponsible” NS did not have access to the figures. Meerstadt wanted at the end of his interrogation recognize that blame both parties contributed to the mutual distrust
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