Network Rail report card says “tries hard but must do better”
Multiple red signals over the tracks (ORR) Image Office of Rail and Road
UK national freight performance is at its lowest point for the last five years. That is the finding of the UK industry regulator, the Office of Rail and Road, in their report on Network Rail, the infrastructure management agency for the UK. The independent watchdog also says fewer passenger trains are arriving on time, and there has been an increase in cancellations compared to the start of this financial year.
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Standards, optimal, when steam was outed, no longer are!
Electrification, yes, but a now optimal!
Current mantra, predictive, “optimal maintenance”, by nature is not optimal, etc., etc.
As on assets, “tara”, as well by infrastructure, shall be kept low!
(80% added forces, by dynamic load is costly and in fact devastating!)
Broken rails…, shall not be, by far most frequent cause for derailments…, etc., etc.
A New Old Railway is needed!
(Low risk is high quality, at current supply chains!)