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Netherlands : Global rail connectivity expert Hit Rail signs 3-year deal with Dutch operator NS

Publish Date : 24-Feb-2017

Global rail connectivity expert, Hit Rail B.V. has inked a 3-year deal with Dutch railway operator NS to enhance and upgrade its connectivity with other rail organisations through use of the company's MPLS-based Hermes VPN (Virtual Private Network).

The deal also includes the migration of the firm's connectivity with global ticketing partnership BeNe Rail International to the Hermes VPN.


The deal has already seen Hit Rail helping with the relocation of NS's routers to two new sites in Amsterdam and Apeldoorn established to provide 6Mbps Ethernet links from each site to the Hermes VPN. Simultaneously, work has been done to upgrade the connection of BeNe Rail International in Brussels with 6Mbps Ethernet links through the Infrabel network, with migration of its data traffic to the Hermes VPN.

Once these works are concluded all three organisations will benefit from a strong and open connectivity solution with built-in redundancy and future-proofing.

NS' Erik Dekkers said: "We have been working with Hit Rail for many years and wanted to upgrade our services and connectivity to enable a greater use of the service. Hermes is already widely used throughout the European passenger rail system for reservations and international messaging so it made sense to recommend that BeNe should also migrate to the VPN."

Antonio Lopez, General Manager of Hit Rail, noted, "This is an excellent solution for NS and its partners we are pleased that all three organisations have chosen to connect to our Hermes VPN and have therefore been provided with enhanced connectivity, delivering better information and reservation services to their passengers."

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