Hungarian railway companies turn to diesel in despair of electricity price
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Hungarian railway companies that were almost completely operating on electricity have had to return to diesel traction, due to the dramatic increase of energy prices. In a country where more than 90 per cent of rail freight was carried out with electric traction, this is a major setback, says the Hungarian railway association Hungrail, and therefore it has submitted a list of proposals to the Ministry of Technology and Industry.
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However, when competing by quality, when meeting with demand of clients, when providing for safe “eta”, for low risk, optimal, supply chains,
then, in fact now price does not matter…
Since long, in Sweden, etc. – in fact justified by low quality service rendered by railways…, willingly, even we, majority, pay extra, adding to already earlier high diesel price.
Redundant, resilent and robust, transport devices, handsomely are rewarded – and vice versa.
(Electrification, yes, but an optimal.)