{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jan Oostenbrink","provider_url":"https:\/\/janoos.site.transip.me\/en\/","author_name":"Jan Oostenbrink","author_url":"https:\/\/janoos.site.transip.me\/en\/author\/jan-oostenbrink\/","title":"Cross-border railway connections - Jan Oostenbrink","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Djmvul4uCR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/janoos.site.transip.me\/en\/portfolio\/grensoverschrijdende-spoorverbindingen\/\">Cross-border railway connections<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/janoos.site.transip.me\/en\/portfolio\/grensoverschrijdende-spoorverbindingen\/embed\/#?secret=Djmvul4uCR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cross-border railway connections&#8221; &#8212; Jan Oostenbrink\" data-secret=\"Djmvul4uCR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display=\"none\";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement(\"a\"),a=d.createElement(\"a\"),s.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/janoos.site.transip.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tekst-4Grensov_spoorverb_zw.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":1200,"description":"Cross-border railway connections often date back for decades, but it takes \u201ccenturies\u201d before those railway lines can be upgraded or renewed. Enschede (NL) \u2013 M\u00fcnster (D), Groningen (NL) \u2013 Bremen (D), Hengelo (NL) \u2013 Bad Bentheim \/ Bielefeld (D) are all appropriate examples. There are many barriers to constructive cross-border cooperation: lack of political support, technical differences in train systems, different priorities with national and regional authorities and the cost of financing all this. I chaired the 10th anniversary meeting of the railway connection Enschede \u2013 M\u00fcnster. I was actively involved in the process of implementing the Hengelo \u2013 Bad Bentheim connection. In a few years there will even be a Hengelo \u2013 Bielefeld connection. In order to achieve this result a large amount of energy, knowledge and perseverance is required. Intensive cross-border communication with ministries and provinces and also cross-border cooperation within Germany, between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. A long-term process. But the final result is that trains are operating across the border!"}