A new book
by Marcel van Silfhout and Andries van den Berg, titled Die Ontsporing, claims
that the then-Minister of Transport, Tineke Netelenbos, lied when she said that
the high speed line had to be put out to a public contract according to
European rules. When the bid proposal
was put out, the Dutch railways (NS) were afraid to lose the contract and put
in a far too high bid of 178 million Euro per year. The result was that they then
had to buy cheap trains from AnsaldoBreda.
The Fyra trains that were supplied had too many problems and ultimately
were returned to the manufacturers.
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