ICR Passenger Coaches for Sale

Between 2023 and 2026, NS will withdraw around 275 passenger coaches of type ICR from service. These carriages will then become available for sale.

Key facts

• Manufacturer: Talbot, Aachen (Germany)
• Five carriage types and one type of driving trailer
• Years of construction: 1981-1988
• Most recent overhaul in 2017, regular maintenance (including bogies) still ongoing
• Currently homologated for the Netherlands and partly for Belgium
• Maximum speed 160 km/h
• Static converter equipped for 1500V DC, 3000V DC, 1000V AC 16,7 Hz AC, 1500V 50 Hz AC
• Brake type disk brakes (<R> O-R-A (D)) with additional wheel brakes with L blocks
• NBA Emergency Brake Override function
• Equipped for TB0 and, when operated in fixed formations, FMZ door control
• Driving trailer configured for operation with Alstom Class 1700 locomotives

General conditions of sale

• Coaches will be sold in batches of around 75 vehicles per transaction between 2023 and 2026
• The new owner shall use the coaches for railway operations, not for other purposes
• The new owner must become or assign a new Vehicle Keeper, Entity in Charge of Maintenance and Type Authorisation Holder
• All NS signage must be removed immediately after the sale has been concluded
• Not later than 3 months after the sale, the livery must be modified in such a way that the vehicles cannot be associated to NS any more
• NS may reserve the right to select the preferred buyer

To express interest or request more information

Please contact Albert Koch, fleetmanager: albert.koch@ns.nl

For the first batch: please react before August 26

For the following batches: please react before September 30

NS Reizigers B.V.
NO Asset Strategy Department
P.O. Box 2025
NL-3500 HA
Utrecht – The Netherlands
www.ns.nl