page_title: NS Mat '64
section_title: Withdrawal
hierarchical_section_title: NS Mat '64 / Withdrawal
caption_attribution_description: English: A Mat' 64 at Apeldoorn.
context_page_description: The NS Mat '64 or Materieel '64 were electric multiple units built by Werkspoor and later by Düwag and Waggonfabrik Talbot between 1961 and 1976. They were operated in the Netherlands by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen until 2016. The equipment consisted of independent four and two-car train sets called Plan T and Plan V: the Plan T is a 4-car EMU, and the Plan V is a 2-car EMU. Materieel '64 is sometimes nicknamed 'Apekoppen' and 'Standaard Stoptrein' due to their distinct shape.
  Plan V was, for many years, with 246 units, the largest series of NS rolling stock, until the arrival of the VIRM. A number of train sets were also leased to and used by various regional carriers. Materieel '64 has been in service for 55 years, from 1961 to 2016, on the Dutch railway network.
context_section_description: In July 2010 the last Plan T EMUs were taken out of service. The Plan V EMUs are now the oldest units used by the NS. As of December 2012, only a small amount of routes are being served by Materieel '64 normally. They also had been used widely in 2010 and 2012 winters when many newer SLT's were out of service, due to winter problems. This might happen until all SLT's are 'snow-proof'.
  In 2015 there were still 40 Plan V sets in service, used on stopping services outside the Randstad. All sets have been taken out of service in May 2016, because their safety certification period expired. Many sets have been scrapped already.
  In late 2015, NS announced the withdrawal of the remaining Plan V sets in the 2016 timetable, starting in December 2015. However, due to a shortage of rolling stock, several sets were kept in service until the 4th of April 2016, when the last sets were finally taken out of service.
caption: A Plan V at Apeldoorn
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