More than a year after Queen Beatrix inaugurated the purpose-built Betuwe Route freight corridor, capacity restrictions are coming off and revenue operation is starting to ramp up. Eight paths an hour each way will be available from August 1. The extraordinary restriction imposed in the name of safety that only one freight train at a time in each direction could occupy the newly-built 113 km Betuwe Route between Kijfhoek yard and Zevenaar in the Netherlands was finally lifted on June 15, just a year after the E∪D4.6bn dedicated freight line was formally opened'. A ban on allowing two trains to follow each other through the 8 km Sophia tunnel until sprinklers had been installed at the behest of a local authority - seemingly unaware that hardly any railway tunnels in the world are so equipped - was due to be lifted on August 1, which means that eight train paths an hour in each direction should now be available to freight operators.
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机译：比阿特丽克斯女王（Queen Beatrix）启用了专门建造的Betuwe Route货运走廊后，已经有一年多的时间，运力限制正在解除，收入运营开始增加。从8月1日开始，每小时将有8条路径。为安全起见，特别严格的限制是，在每个方向上一次只有一列货运列车可以占用位于Kijfhoek堆场和Zevenaar之间的新建的113 km Betuwe路线。在终于耗资46亿迪拉姆的专用货运线正式启用一年之后，荷兰终于在6月15日被解除。禁止两列火车通过8公里的Sophia隧道互相跟随，直到按照地方当局的指示安装喷水器的禁令-似乎没有意识到世界上几乎没有铁路隧道如此装备-将于8月取消1，这意味着货运运营商现在应每小时可以在每个方向上选择八条火车路径。
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