Germany’s higher rail investments may not be enough
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Despite investing more money per capita than ever before in the rail network, Germany is still lagging behind. This is especially true when comparing Germany to other European countries, says Dirk Flege, Allianz pro Schiene Managing Director.
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Now, however, upgrading of existing, added capacity and utilisation of existing assets, is the urgently requested. Simply quality of infrastructure now is too low and virtually obstructing.
Line by line, capacity shall be added – within current budgets for reinvestments… (Quality is bottleneck!)
32,5 ton axial load shall be the min. and safely allowed for… Allocating of fresh money shall not be at an elderly, no longer timely, regrettably, in all respects an devastatingly costly standard!