HSL Zuid Netherlands

Project description:

• Dedicated 100 km high speed rail line between Antwerp (Belgium) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands), allowing the Thalys network to link Paris – Brussels – Cologne – Amsterdam.

Customer challenges:

• A new 7.2 km submerged tunnel under the Netherlands’ Green Heart Pasture Reserve.
• All cables must be halogen-free, armoured and had to be delivered immediately.

Nexans solutions:

• Siemens wanted one single contact within Nexans.
• Deliveries from plants in Germany, Lebanon, Turkey and Belgium, all through one single quote.
• Fast reaction times.