ELECTRIFICATION of the 6.5km cross-border link between Landgraaf, Netherlands, and Herzogenrath, Germany, was officially launched on April 17 by Mr Heiko Sedlaczek, director of Rhineland Local Transport, Mr Hubert Mackus, councillor for infrastructure and public transport for the Dutch province of Limburg and Mr Jan Mulder, deputy director, region south, for Dutch infrastructure manager Prorail.