The 'Koploper': The Most UNIQUE Train in the Netherlands | NS Intercity Utrecht to Amersfoort

Hallo and Welkom to Utrecht Centraal. Today we are going to be taking a quick ride to Amersfoort on one of the Netherland’s most unique trains: the Koploper, or Headwalker.

I apologize if I mispronounced anything in this video! I did my best to check pronunciations across multiple sources, but my actual pronunciations may have been incorrect.

- Train Information -
Train Number: NS Intercity 527
Train Consist: 2, NS ICM "Koploper" 4000 Series EMUs
Departure Time: 8:49am
Arrival Time: 9:02am
Journey Time: 0hr 13min
Top Speed: 87 mph
Ticket Price: €8.35 ($8.50) First Class

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- Chapters -
0:00 Intro and Route Overview
0:35 Station Plaza and the Pedestrian Walkway
1:36 Entering the Station and Ticket Information
2:09 Utrecht Centraal: The Largest and Busiest Station in the Netherlands
2:56 Utrecht's Strange Track Numbering
3:41 Our Train Arrives: NS IC 527 to Groningen
4:04 NS First Class Cabin
4:21 Seating in First Class
5:25 Departure
5:35 Stats for Nerds!
6:34 Subscribe!
7:00 Bathrooms
8:08 First Class Interiors
8:25 The History of the Koploper
9:25 Arrival into Amersfoort Centraal
9:57 NS Intercity 527 Departs
10:25 The Protos EMU, the Other Unique Train in the Netherlands
10:44 Amersfoort Centraal
10:50 Next Week: Acela FIRST CLASS from NYC to Boston
11:15 Subscribe!
11:30 Thanks for Watching!

Equipment:
Camera: iPhone 12 Pro Max
Gimbal: DJI OM5
Camera: GoPro Hero 9 Black
Camera: Sony AX-43
Mic: Rode Videomic Pro+
Tripod: Coman DF06 + Manfrotto 502 Head

[MrPeerum]

😊De Koploper is nu al 40 jaar in dienst, heb de Koploper in model van Marklin Digitaal schaal:1:87 HO.😊bedankt voor deze mooie video.fijne kerstdagen en een gezond 2024, greetz:🍐Peer. en Skål.🍻

[markdebruyn]

Even when they removed the gangways, we still call them “Koploper”, as the nickname just stuck

[TRGAnwar]

Hi there! Nice video, as a train driver myself, even i learned myself. Greetings from the Netherlands!

[hGW]

BTW, if anyone's interested in what it's like to walk through connecting gangway between two cabs, here's a video of a Japanese E259, which has a very similar cab design: (youtu.be/cPf4AJOT27w)

[delb]

This Trains look like rapid service from Narita to Tokyo they have that funny shape in front hopefully you can experience the Japanese Railway system some day you’ll be amazed

[gliese]

The design of that terminal is almost like that of NYC Penn, except the location of the elevators are different.

[timectrl]

Can you review the Latvian and Lithuanian trains? On some you can open the window and look out.

[gliese]

The trains look a lot like the old Pulman TurboTrain.

[samtrak]

Why are 99mph trains limited to 87mph?

[aklnarslan]

World's UGLlEST Trains in Netherland & Japan 😁😁😁😁😁😁